HVAC VAVE Engineer: Cost Reduction & Design Optimization

Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC is seeking a results-driven VAVE Engineer to optimize product costs across our HVAC portfolio. You will lead teardowns, benchmarking, and bottom-up cost analyses while collaborating with design, sourcing, and manufacturing to deliver measurable savings.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of engineering experience, a Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering degree, HVAC/thermal systems knowledge, and solid CAD and PLM skills.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead product teardowns and benchmarking to identify cost-reduction and design-improvement opportunities.
• Build bottom-up cost models encompassing materials, direct labor, overhead, and logistics.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Service (DFS) principles to propose design alternatives.
• Partner with sourcing and quality teams in supplier reviews and cost-reduction workshops.
• Support supplier component qualification and validation testing to verify 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 knowledge

Thermodynamics & heat transfer

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

3D CAD (SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo)

PLM systems (Windchill/Teamcenter/Autodesk Vault)

ECNs & BOM management

Job description

Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC is seeking a results-driven VAVE Engineer to optimize product costs across our HVAC portfolio. You will lead teardowns, benchmarking, and bottom-up cost analyses while collaborating with design, sourcing, and manufacturing to deliver measurable savings.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of engineering experience, a Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering degree, HVAC/thermal systems knowledge, and solid CAD and PLM skills.