HVAC VAVE Engineer: Cost Reduction & Design Optimization

Calqulate Metrics Ltd; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Calqulate Metrics Ltd. in Dallas seeks a VAVE Engineer to optimize HVAC product costs and drive value-improvement across portfolios. You will lead teardowns, build cost models, and apply DFM/DFS to deliver measurable bottom-line impact while ensuring quality and reliability.

Collaborate with sourcing, manufacturing, and quality, mentor interns, and manage small cost-out projects from concept to implementation, presenting business cases to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 2–5 years of professional engineering experience, including at least 1–2 years in product design or manufacturing engineering.
• Experience in the HVAC or thermal systems industry is strongly 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 including materials, direct labor, overhead, and logistics.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Service (DFS) principles to propose and evaluate design alternatives.
• Partner with sourcing and quality teams in supplier reviews and cost-reduction workshops.
• Support supplier component qualification and validation testing to verify proposed changes meet functional requirements.
• Manage and track small-scale cost-out projects from concept through implementation, presenting business cases to stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and informal mentoring to junior engineers and interns.

Skills

HVAC fundamentals

Thermodynamics & heat transfer

3D CAD modeling

BOM management

Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Creo

Windchill

Teamcenter

Autodesk Vault

Job description

Calqulate Metrics Ltd. in Dallas seeks a VAVE Engineer to optimize HVAC product costs and drive value-improvement across portfolios. You will lead teardowns, build cost models, and apply DFM/DFS to deliver measurable bottom-line impact while ensuring quality and reliability.

Collaborate with sourcing, manufacturing, and quality, mentor interns, and manage small cost-out projects from concept to implementation, presenting business cases to stakeholders.