HVAC Design for Manufacturability SME

Trane Technologies; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Educational and training opportunities

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Trane Technologies is seeking a Design for Manufacturability SME to optimize product designs for cost, quality, and producibility. You will partner with engineering, operations, sourcing, and quality teams to drive manufacturability from concept to production launch.

The ideal candidate combines strong engineering fundamentals with practical manufacturing knowledge and a collaborative mindset to influence product design across the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a mechanical/ manufacturing/ industrial engineering field.
• Minimum 10 years of combined experience in design, manufacturing engineering, or new product introduction.
• Experience with manufacturing processes (machining, sheet metal, welding, casting, molding, assembly).
• Ability to read engineering drawings, GD&T, specs and BOM structures.
• Cross-functional collaboration in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design engineering to ensure manufacturability, cost targets, quality, and producibility.
• Review designs, drawings, specs, and BOMs to identify manufacturing risks and improvements.
• Provide early DFM/DFA recommendations to reduce complexity and time to production.
• Partner with manufacturing, supply chain, sourcing, and quality teams for NPI readiness.
• Drive design improvements for reliability, serviceability, and safety.
• Support prototype builds, pilot production, process validation and launch activities.
• Analyze root causes and implement corrective actions for manufacturing issues.
• Evaluate tooling, fixtures, equipment, and processes against design requirements.
• Contribute to cost reduction and value engineering without sacrificing performance.
• Maintain documentation on manufacturing requirements and lessons learned.
• Participate in cross-functional design reviews with manufacturability input.
• Promote continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methods.
• Travel up to 50% as required.

Skills

DFM/DFMA

Design for Manufacturability

Reading engineering drawings

Analytical thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical/ Manufacturing/ Industrial Engineering

Tools

CAD systems

PLM tools

Job description

Trane Technologies is seeking a Design for Manufacturability SME to optimize product designs for cost, quality, and producibility. You will partner with engineering, operations, sourcing, and quality teams to drive manufacturability from concept to production launch.

The ideal candidate combines strong engineering fundamentals with practical manufacturing knowledge and a collaborative mindset to influence product design across the development lifecycle.