Design Quality Engineer: Drive Risk, Validation & Readiness

Daikin Applied Americas; Plymouth (MN); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid holidays

Job summary

Daikin Applied in Plymouth, MN, is seeking a Design Quality Engineer to own requirements quality, design risk, and validation effectiveness across the product lifecycle. This role is embedded with engineering teams to ensure risks are understood, mitigated, and clearly articulated before product launch.

Join a world-class HVAC leader in a hybrid role that blends office collaboration with field-ready decision making, driving readiness reviews and validation coverage for critical programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 6+ years in product development, design engineering, or quality engineering roles.
• Demonstrated experience working within product development or NPI environments.
• Strong working knowledge of DFMEA and product risk analysis.
• Understanding of system-level design, interfaces, and failure mechanisms.
• Ability to identify and prioritize risks early in development.
• Experience with requirements definition, traceability, and verification.
• Ability to assess requirements for clarity, completeness, and testability.
• Knowledge of validation planning and DVP&R development.
• Ability to interpret validation data and support decision making.
• Strong facilitation skills for cross-functional technical discussions.
• Ability to operate as a peer within engineering teams.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to evaluate data and identify patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee requirements quality, ensuring traceability from customer needs through engineering.
• Lead design risk management, DFMEA development, and mitigation.
• Define validation strategy and DVP&R to cover critical requirements and risks.
• Provide objective, evidence-based input into readiness reviews and decisions.
• Align design with manufacturing readiness and production capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Operations, and Quality functions.
• Advocate for product quality and drive structured risk discussions across teams.

Skills

6+ years experience

Analytical & problem solving

Engineering influence

Validation & verification

Requirements & systems thinking

Design & risk expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

DFMEA

Traceability

Decision support

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Daikin Applied in Plymouth, MN, is seeking a Design Quality Engineer to own requirements quality, design risk, and validation effectiveness across the product lifecycle. This role is embedded with engineering teams to ensure risks are understood, mitigated, and clearly articulated before product launch.

Join a world-class HVAC leader in a hybrid role that blends office collaboration with field-ready decision making, driving readiness reviews and validation coverage for critical programs.