HVAC R&D Director - Global Cross-Functional Leader

Midea America; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Midea America Corp. is seeking an Engineering Director to lead Residential HVAC R&D across unitary and ductless products. You will set technology roadmaps, drive innovation, and guide cross-functional teams through design, regulatory, and industrial disciplines.

Domestic and international travel support launches and alignments with global partners. The role emphasizes leadership of engineers, strategic planning, and collaboration with IoT, quality, and consumer insights to deliver robust product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• 8+ years’ experience in HVAC product design and development.
• Proven leadership experience managing engineers.
• Experience leading product development cycle from customer requirements to launch.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor engineers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to organize/execute a strategy.
• Goal-oriented & self-managed.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the residential HVAC R&D team across product design, regulatory, and industrial design functions, ensuring coordinated execution between team members located in the Louisville, KY and Plano, TX offices.
• Lead the end-to-end development process for new products and innovations, translating market requirements into defined concepts and driving refinement through early-stage validation.
• Be the primary owner of the technology and product roadmaps for these categories of products, ensuring alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and customer needs.
• Drive ongoing competitive intelligence efforts, including trends, performance comparisons, and analysis of competitor products, technology, and marketing claims.
• Work with the advanced research team to drive innovation strategy and pull new ideas into the roadmaps.
• Collaborate with quality, product safety, IoT and consumer insights resources throughout the product planning and launch processes.
• Manage weekly R&D calls with international team – tracking action items, assigning duties, etc.
• Lead customer-facing discussions to identify product gaps, performance expectations, and specification requirements, and drive alignment of the engineering team around a focused product strategy.
• Ability to travel domestically & internationally

Skills

Leadership

HVAC design

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

Midea America Corp. is seeking an Engineering Director to lead Residential HVAC R&D across unitary and ductless products. You will set technology roadmaps, drive innovation, and guide cross-functional teams through design, regulatory, and industrial disciplines.

Domestic and international travel support launches and alignments with global partners. The role emphasizes leadership of engineers, strategic planning, and collaboration with IoT, quality, and consumer insights to deliver robust product