HVAC VAVE Engineer: Cost Optimization & Design

Management Performance Associates; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Management Performance Associates is seeking a results-driven VAVE Engineer to optimize product costs across HVAC portfolios. You will lead teardowns, build cost models, and apply DFM/DFS to drive design improvements while ensuring quality and reliability.

Collaborating with sourcing and manufacturing, you will champion cost-reduction initiatives, validate changes with testing, and mentor junior engineers on cost-out projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 2–5 years of professional engineering experience, with 1–2 years in product design or manufacturing engineering.
• HVAC or thermal systems experience preferred.
• Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead teardowns and benchmarking to identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Build bottom-up cost models for materials, labor, overhead, and logistics.
• Apply DFM and DFS to propose design alternatives.
• Collaborate with sourcing and quality on supplier reviews and workshops.
• Support supplier qualification and validation testing.
• Manage and track small-scale cost-out projects from concept to implementation.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and interns.

Skills

HVAC knowledge

Thermodynamics

Heat transfer

Fluid mechanics

DFM/DFS principles

Mentorship

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Creo

Windchill

Teamcenter

Autodesk Vault

ECN management

Job description

Management Performance Associates is seeking a results-driven VAVE Engineer to optimize product costs across HVAC portfolios. You will lead teardowns, build cost models, and apply DFM/DFS to drive design improvements while ensuring quality and reliability.

Collaborating with sourcing and manufacturing, you will champion cost-reduction initiatives, validate changes with testing, and mentor junior engineers on cost-out projects.