Design Standardization Architect I

Johnson Controls, Inc.; New Freedom (York County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. seeks a global engineering leader to standardize processes for Dry-Coolers and CDUs and to drive scalable product platforms. You will own product data architecture, configuration models, and lifecycle management across ERP/PLM systems.

This role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, product management, and digital teams to deploy standards that enable automation, design reuse, and faster time-to-market.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience with configurable products and engineering documentation/manufacturing.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience as a designer.
• Associates degree inTechnology/Engineering required.
• Mastery of 3D modeling software (Creo, SolidWorks, Inventor) required.
• Creo preferred.
• Experience with 2D AutoCAD (Electrical) preferred.
• ERP systems (SAP, MAPICS, AS/400) experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with bill of material configurators (eLogia, VC) preferred.
• Automation coding (Smart Assembly, VBA) preferred.
• MS Office proficiency preferred.
• Travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead standardization of engineering processes for Dry-Coolers and CDUs.
• Define product architecture, data structures, and lifecycle management across systems.
• Develop scalable, configurable product platforms enabling automation and design reuse.
• Drive global adoption of best practices in engineering processes and configurability.
• Manage CAD models, BOMs, and EOM structures; govern product data architecture.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, product management, and digital teams.

Skills

3D Modeling

Creo

SolidWorks

Inventor

Electrical CAD

Automation coding (VBA)

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate in Specialized Technology Degree

Tools

SAP

MAPICS

AS/400

eLogia

VC

Smart Assembly

Job description

What will you do:

This global role leads the standardization of engineering processes, product data architecture, and design methodologies for Dry-Coolers and Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs). The position is responsible for developing scalable and configurable product platforms that support efficient product development, lifecycle management, digital transformation, and long-term business growth.

The role drives consistency across product structures, engineering documentation, configuration models, and business systems while enabling automation, design reuse, and operational efficiency. The position works closely with engineering, manufacturing, product management, and digital teams to establish and deploy global standards that support both New Product Introduction (NPI) and sustaining engineering activities.

Design processes within the scope of this role include all activities required to develop, configure, release, manufacture, and support products throughout their lifecycle. This includes engineering documentation, design standards, product structures, Bills of Material (BOMs), CAD models, drawings, configurators, product data management, PLM systems, ERP systems, and other engineering-related business processes.

A key focus of this role is to define and maintain product architecture, data structures, and engineering methodologies that enable design automation, product configurability, platform scalability, and future digital engineering initiatives.

The successful candidate will lead cross-functional efforts to standardize engineering processes globally and drive adoption of best practices across the organization.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

CDUs and Dry-Coolers design standardization

• Establish, document, maintain, and continuously improve standardized engineering processes for Dry-Coolers and CDUs through collaboration with global engineering, manufacturing, and product teams.
• Act as product architecture lead for design standardization initiatives, including Engineering Order Manual (EOM) structures, CAD models, drawings, Bills of Material (BOMs), configuration models, and product documentation.
• Define and govern product data architecture, ensuring consistent product structures, engineering master data, and lifecycle management practices across all systems.
• Develop design standards, guidelines, and governance processes that improve product quality, engineering efficiency, and data consistency.

Product Configurability

• Develop and maintain scalable and configurable product architectures that support product variation, engineering reuse, and manufacturing flexibility.
• Define configuration strategies, product rules, modular structures, and platform standards that support current and future product offerings.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, commercial, and digital teams to improve product configurability while reducing complexity.
• Drive initiatives that increase standardization, support growth, and improve the ability to introduce new products and features efficiently.

Design Automation and Productivity

• Contribute to the development of generic, cross-product line tools, templates and data structures that the design automation team will require to execute their strategy.
• Provide recommendations on how to deploy and use standardized design methodology. Support deployment activities and contribute to testing and training activities as requested.

Global process change coordinator

• Lead and support global change management activities related to engineering process standardization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Build alignment across cross-functional teams and establish adoption of standardized methodologies and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, product quality, data quality, reuse, and time-to-market.
• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert and advisor for product architecture, configurability, standardization, and engineering process excellence.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5 years’ experience and strong familiarity with product business, equipment design, documentation and manufacturing of configurable products is required.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience as a designer is required.
• Associate in Specialized Technology Degree is required
• Mastery of 3D Modeling software (Creo, Solidworks, Inventor) is required.
• Creo is preferred.
• Experience with 2D Autocad (especially Electrical) is preferred
• Proficiency with ERP systems (SAP, MAPICS, AS/400) is strongly preferred.
• Experience with bill of material configurators (eLogia, VC) is preferred.
• Experience with automation coding (Smart Assembly,VBA) is preferred
• Microsoft Office applications is preferred.
• Travel up to 10% of the time

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $85,000 - $107,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience,knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with marketdata.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflectsthe target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidatesmay bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. Tosupport an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions areultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on theJohnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us