HVAC VAVE Engineer: Cost Optimization & Design Impact

Kingfisher Recruiting; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a VAVE Engineer to optimize costs across HVAC products. You will lead teardowns, benchmarking, and cost analysis while applying DFM/DFS to improve designs for reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing teams, build cost models, and manage small projects from concept to implementation. HVAC experience and Lean/Six Sigma are preferred, with mentorship to junior engineers.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead teardowns and benchmarking to identify cost-reduction and design-improvement opportunities.
• Build bottom-up cost models including materials, labor, overhead, and logistics.
• Apply DFM/DFS principles to propose design changes and evaluate alternatives.
• Partner with sourcing and quality teams in supplier reviews and cost-reduction workshops.
• Support supplier component qualification and validation testing to verify changes meet requirements.
• Manage small-scale cost-out projects from concept to implementation and present business cases.

Skills

Cost reduction

DFM/DFS

Teardowns

Cross-functional

Mentorship

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Creo

Windchill

Teamcenter

Autodesk Vault

Job description

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a VAVE Engineer to optimize costs across HVAC products. You will lead teardowns, benchmarking, and cost analysis while applying DFM/DFS to improve designs for reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing teams, build cost models, and manage small projects from concept to implementation. HVAC experience and Lean/Six Sigma are preferred, with mentorship to junior engineers.