Product Development Manager - Packaged Industrial Refrigeration Systems

RVS Corporation; Taneytown (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Program

Profit Sharing Bonus

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

Job summary

RVS Corporation is looking for a Product Development Manager to lead the technical development of industrial refrigeration systems in Taneytown, MD. This role involves collaboration with multiple teams to ensure the successful delivery of refrigeration products, including system design and compliance with industrial standards. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of experience, strong leadership qualities, and a background in mechanical engineering. Competitive benefits include an employee stock ownership program and profit sharing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ work experience in a related field.
• Experience with industrial refrigeration including ammonia and CO₂ systems.
• Strong ability to manage multi-discipline engineering efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of packaged industrial refrigeration systems.
• Drive system-level design coordination across various modules.
• Manage design reviews and ensure technical readiness for product release.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Problem Solving

Technical Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

FEA Software

CFD Software

Job description

Position summary:

The Product Development Manager is responsible for leading the technical development, standardization, and release of packaged industrial refrigeration systems, including ammonia and CO₂-based solutions. This role serves as the technical integrator across mechanical, electrical, controls, vessels, and compliance activities, while coordinating closely with manufacturing, suppliers, consultants, and internal stakeholders to bring new packaged refrigeration system product lines from concept through prototype, validation, and product line release.

Key responsibilities:

Product Development & Technical Leadership

• Lead development of packaged industrial refrigeration systems, including prototype units and standardized product lines.
• Drive system-level design coordination across mechanical modules, electrical modules, vessels, condensers, and controls.
• Manage design reviews, track action items, and ensure technical readiness for prototype build and product line release.
• Support transition from prototype designs to repeatable, standardized product architectures.
• Lead laboratory testing and analyze performance data for system capability and operation
• Lead efforts to standardize components and instrumentation across refrigeration product lines.
• Evaluate and recommend components, instrumentation, electrical layouts, and piping strategies for packaged systems.
• Work directly with external suppliers and consultants on vessels, compressors, controls, and fabricated components.
• Review quotes, approve purchase orders, and manage submittal and approval workflows for critical components.
• Coordinate with consultants on structural, vibration, and hazard analyses supporting packaged system designs.

Manufacturing & Production Support

• Provide direct engineering support to manufacturing during prototype production builds.
• Resolve build issues related to drawings, hardware, purchased parts, and assembly sequencing.
• Support installed cost analysis and manufacturability improvements for packaged systems.

Compliance, Codes & Standards

• Support compliance with applicable industrial refrigeration codes and standards
  • IIAR, UL, safety and hazard reviews
• Participate in standards discussions affecting packaged refrigeration systems and relay impacts to product development and marketing teams.
• Prepare and maintain hazard review and safety documentation associated with packaged refrigeration equipment.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration & Communication

• Technical liaison between engineering, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and field support.
• Provide regular updates to leadership through staff meetings, written updates, and design review documentation.
• Support field issues, customer escalations, and site visits related to system performance.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering minimum
  • Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering desired
• Minimum 8 years’ work experience with proven ability to learn new skills and responsibilities
• Experience with industrial refrigeration equipment, including ammonia and CO₂ systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-discipline engineering efforts (mechanical, electrical, controls, vessels).
• Experience coordinating with suppliers, consultants, and manufacturing teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and leadership updates.

Department structure:

• Personnel
  • 35 – 40 Team Members
  • Engineers
  • Designers / Drafters
  • Laboratory Technicians
• Product Focus
  • Packaged Industrial Refrigeration Systems
  • Direct Expansion and Recirculated Liquid
  • Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide
• This position will report to the Vice President, Product Development – Industrial Refrigeration

Position Requirements:

• Communicate professionally & effectively and build consensus across organizational boundaries with conflicting goals, accountabilities, and drivers
• Drive the development process to deliver results in a fast-paced, performance oriented environment
• Manage resources, priorities, budgets and schedules for on time delivery of quality products
• Strong attention to detail, consistent follow through and reliable documentation skills
• Observe and identify changing market needs for developing new product designs
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills required along with, the ability to interface and report project status across all levels of management.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications
• Experience with FEA, CFD and programming software desired
• Ability to develop customized heat transfer capacity software
• Experience with laboratory heat transfer testing and data reduction desired
• Position will interface internally with Product Development Engineering, Manufacturing, Controls, Sales, Marketing, Field Support, EHS
• Position will interface externally with component suppliers, fabrication vendors, consultants, standards organizations

Location:

• Position is based in Taneytown, MD
• Candidate should expect travel no more than 10% of the time to the various conferences, work locations and customers in the US.

Evapco Benefits and Compensation:

• The salary range consists of base pay and most recent profit sharing bonus amounts
• Employee Stock Ownership Program – we are an employee-owned company
• Profit Sharing Bonus – which is paid twice per year
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Pay
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance equivalent to base salary, with option for Supplemental Life election
• Long Term Disability