Engineer II, Product Development - Gas Technology

RPMGlobal; New Bern (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid vacation

Holidays

Employee referral bonus

Company vehicle

Job summary

BSH Home Appliances Corporation in New Bern, NC seeks a Gas Technology and Combustion Engineer to design, develop and validate gas combustion systems for residential cooking appliances.

You will optimize burners, ignition and gas-system components, lead testing and reliability studies, and collaborate with suppliers, manufacturing, and global engineering teams to improve energy efficiency and cooking performance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering preferred.
• 3-5 years of natural/LP gas system components experience required.
• Product development experience in high-end consumer products.
• 3D CAD experience, preferably NX.
• Solid knowledge of FMEA, DFMA, DfR, target costing, risk management and other engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop gas burners for ovens and ranges.
• Optimize burner geometry, port design, fuel-air mixing, and flame distribution.
• Develop ignition, flame-sensing systems, and gas-system components.
• Lead testing, validation, performance, reliability and safety studies.
• Collaborate with suppliers, manufacturing, quality, and global engineering teams.

Skills

Gas systems

NX CAD

FMEA

DFMA

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s Degree (Engineering)

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Job description

BSH Home Appliances Corporation – Top Employer US 2024

Tomorrow is our home.

At BSH, People Matter. Bring your unique skills, capabilities, and experiences to our dynamic teams where your contributions will drive our innovation culture. We strive to be a workplace that values people and supports opportunities for continuous professional and personal growth. As a leading manufacturer of home appliance brands Bosch, Gaggenau, and Thermador, we prioritize having a consumer centric mindset and creating positive experiences for the consumer throughout all interactions with our products and services. Join us now and give your career a home. You Belong Here.

New Bern, NC / Full-time

Your responsibilities

The Gas Technology and Combustion Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and continuous improvement of gas combustion systems used in residential cooking appliances, including freestanding ranges, built-in ovens and professional ranges. The gas technology engineer will focus particularly on atmospheric burner systems installed within oven cavities, including bake burners, broil burners, ignition systems, flame-monitoring systems, gas distribution components, cavity ventilation, and the interaction between combustion performance and cooking performance. This position serves as a technical specialist for gas cooking technology and works closely simulation, testing, certification, quality, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers, and global engineering teams. The engineer will translate consumer, regulatory, safety, quality, performance, and cost requirements into robust gas-system designs suitable for high-volume appliance production.

• Design and develop gas burners for ovens and ranges.
• Optimize burner geometry, port design, fuel-air mixing, and flame distribution.
• Develop bake, broil and convection-burner, ignition, and flame-sensing systems.
• Size injectors, orifices, valves, regulators, manifolds, tubing, and gas-system components.
• Develop systems for natural gas, propane, and applicable regional fuel types.
• Evaluate the effects of gas pressure, composition, altitude, temperature, humidity, and component tolerances.
• Optimize interactions between burners, oven cavities, airflow, insulation, venting, racks, and convection systems.
• Improve oven temperature uniformity, cooking performance, preheat time, recovery, and energy efficiency.
• Define ignition sequences, burner cycling, fault detection, retry logic, lockout, and safe shutdown requirements.
• Plan and execute combustion, thermal, performance, reliability, and safety testing.
• Measure gas input, pressure, airflow, emissions, ignition time, flame stability, temperatures, and combustion noise.
• Use gas analyzers, thermocouples, flowmeters, pressure sensors, data-acquisition systems, infrared cameras, and high-speed imaging.
• Support compliance with CSA/ANSI Z21.1, EN 30, the EU Gas Appliances Regulation, and other applicable standards.
• Apply thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, combustion theory, and engineering calculations.
• Use CFD and thermal simulation to analyze fuel-air mixing, airflow, combustion products, heat transfer, and component temperatures.
• Correlate simulation results with laboratory testing and improve model accuracy.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments, DFMEAs, tolerance studies, and Design of Experiments.
• Investigate combustion, ignition, temperature, noise, durability, and field-quality concerns.
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement validated corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with suppliers, manufacturing, quality, controls, certification, purchasing, and global engineering teams.
• Develop technical standards, design guidelines, reusable architectures, training materials, and future gas-technology roadmaps.
• All other duties as assigned.

Your profile

• Master’s Degree (Engineering) – Preferred
• 3-5 Years Experience (Natural and LP gas system components) - Required
• Product Development experience in high-end, complex, consumer-based products.
• 3D CAD experience, preferable ‘NX’ (Unigraphics’)
• PLM/PDM knowledge, Team Center is preferable
• Solid knowledge of FMEA, DFMA, DfR, target costing, risk management and other engineering tools.
• Strong communication, presentation and persuasion skills
• Understanding and interpretation of standards and norms
• Quick learner and self-starter, good analytical skills using specific engineering tools.
• Dependable with the ability to work with little supervision and as part of a working team.
• Exhibits appropriate professional behavior including positive attitude, sense of urgency, independent judgment, teamwork, creative thinking and personal integrity to achieve department/corporate goals and objectives.
• Any of the above requirements/qualifications may be waived for the successful candidate.

The pay range posted for this position is based on the location noted in the posting title. Exact compensation offered may vary based onyourspecific skillset and work location. If the position is bonus or incentive eligible then the payments range from 0% to 200% of target with details laid out within the plan document.

Benefits offered include the following:

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and Health Savings Account (HSA) participation starting on the first day of the calendar month following date of hire.
• Wellness Plan that allows participating employees to earn lower medical care premiums.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan starting on the first day of the calendar month following 30 days of service. The plan provides a fully vested 100% employer match on the first 4% of compensation contributed and includes an annual employer-funded profit-sharing contribution dependent on company profitability.
• Two weeks of paid vacation for all non-temporary status new hires below Director level positions. Vacation entitlement increases based on years of service with BSH.
• Unlimited paid vacation for all Director and above level positions.
• The greater of (a) 40 hours of paid sick leave or (b) state or local minimum requirements for paid leave (Non-Production Line).
• 40 hours of paid personal leave (Production Line).
• 12 days of paid holidays per year (max 8 hours paid per day).
• Adoption Reimbursement Program, Perks at Work, and BSH Employee Purchase Program.
• BSH provides ongoing product training, uniforms, computer tablet, cell phone and a company vehicle for eligible positions.

BSH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, military service, or any other protected class. By including everyone and ensuring equal opportunities, BSH unleashes its full potential - EOE / AA Employer.

This position is eligible for the Employee Referral Bonus program.