Reliability Engineering Leader

CFO Trane U.S. Inc.-CFO; Davidson (NC); On-site; USD 147,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K match

Paid time off

Job summary

Trane Technologies is seeking a Reliability Engineering Leader to build and guide a growing reliability team. The role focuses on driving a reliability strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and governance to improve product durability across the HVAC portfolio.

The leader will set standards, qualify components, and translate reliability risks into clear business actions for senior leadership, influencing product development and lifecycle decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Extensive leadership experience building technical teams.
• Significant experience in reliability engineering, quality, product engineering.
• Strong background in reliability methods including life data analysis, FMEA, and reliability growth.
• Experience with complex highly engineered systems preferred.
• Reliability certifications or advanced reliability degree a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, build, and scale a high‑performing reliability team for the commercial HVAC business unit including managers, senior engineers, and data analysts.
• Establish reliability operating system, strategies, standards, tools, KPIs, and governance.
• Embed reliability engineering best practices into the way products are designed, validated, released, and supported.
• Improve the reliability, durability, and lifecycle performance of commercial HVAC products.
• Build data-driven field failure analytics to identify trends and prioritize design and corrective actions; manage KPIs and dashboards.
• Support strategic customer needs in uptime-sensitive applications such as data centers and process cooling.

Skills

Leadership

Reliability engineering

Cross-functional teamwork

FMEA

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

DFMEA

FRACAS

Job description

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business - it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world. Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home. We boldly go. Where is the work: Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

What's in it for you

Trane is seeking a Reliability Engineering Leader to build and lead a growing reliability team. This leader impacts the business through the execution of a reliability strategy, organizational development, and cross-functional collaboration to drive improved product reliability across the product portfolio. This leader will improve product reliability and durability of commercial HVAC products and components, reduce field failures, and increase customer confidence in mission‑critical applications. They will set reliability standards and governance across product development, create component qualification and component application requirements using field performance analytics, and root cause and corrective action processes. The leader will expand and develop a technically capable team, establish metrics, and translate technical reliability risks into clear business decisions for senior leadership. Success will be measured by product level field performance, implementation of reliability engineering process discipline, speed of issue resolution, and organizational capability growth. The reliability leader will partner cross‑functionally with engineering, quality, service, sourcing, manufacturing, and product management to ensure reliability is designed into products and sustained throughout the product lifecycle. This is a high‑impact leadership opportunity to shape product performance, customer trust, and long‑term business results. The reliability engineering leader will help create a strong reliability culture across the organization while building the team, methods, and operating rhythm needed to support growth and customer expectations in demanding applications. The ideal candidate is a technically credible and highly collaborative leader who brings strong systems thinking, urgency, curiosity, and discipline. They are comfortable leading through ambiguity, influencing across functions, coaching teams on structured problem‑solving, and translating complex reliability issues into clear business actions.

What you will do

• Lead, build, and scale a high‑performing reliability team for the commercial HVAC business unit including managers, senior engineers, and data analysts
• Establish reliability operating system, strategies, standards, tools, KPIs, and governance
• Embed reliability engineering best practices into the way products are designed, validated, released, and supported
• Improve the reliability, durability, and lifecycle performance of commercial HVAC products
• Improve component reliability and durability of critical components: Work with product architects and systems engineers to characterize component application requirements using tools like functional analysis, DFMEA, and component failure analysis. Use application requirements to create qualification plans that drive improvements to component reliability ensuring robust components are applied in product designs. Own component specification for critical components to specify fit-for-use, durability, and reliability targets. Work closely with suppliers to meet critical component and system reliability targets with focus on designing out failure modes
• Support engineering teams during major quality disruptions to drive rapid, rigorous RCCA and resolution
• Build data‑driven field failure analytics to identify trends and prioritize design and corrective actions. Manage KPIs and dashboards to aid leadership in making informed reliability decisions
• Support strategic customer needs in uptime‑sensitive applications such as data centers and process cooling
• Drive training and coaching on reliability principles, root cause and corrective action methodology, FMEA, FRACAS, reliability predictions, and other reliability processes

What Success Looks Like

• Drive customer satisfaction by meeting expectations for equipment durability, reliability, and fitness for use
• Reduce reliability‑driven business losses by eliminating repeat failures
• Establish a system of prequalified 'parts on the shelf' with robust component specifications that outline component qualification and application requirements.
• Measurable improvements to critical component reliability.
• Reliability methods are embedded into product development and launch processes
• Lead and develop a strong, scalable team with clear capabilities, roles, and development paths

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related field
• Leadership experience building and managing technical teams
• Significant experience in reliability engineering, quality, product engineering, or related technical leadership roles
• Strong background in reliability methods, including reliability prediction, life data analysis, failure mode analysis, and reliability growth
• Experience with complex highly engineered systems preferred
• Reliability certifications or advanced reliability degree a plus

Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range

$146,521.66 - $235,500.00 Compensation Type: Salary Incentive Eligible: Yes Sales Commission Eligible: No

Disclaimer

We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience, travel requirements, and union designation. Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country. Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

Thrive at work and at home

Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE! Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance. 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution. Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave. Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

Disclaimer: Benefit offerings may vary depending on Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations.

Safety Sensitive Role

Yes The company designates certain roles as Safety Sensitive. Safety Sensitive roles may require that you pass additional drug screening.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.

Values and Culture

At Trane Technologies, we’re climate innovators with the courage to look at our world’s challenges and see endless opportunities. We aren’t afraid to make bold commitments that set new standards to enhance the health and well‑being of our employees, customers, communities, and the planet we share. Learn more about what we do & how we do it. Joining the Trane Technologies team is more than just a job – it’s the beginning of a career full of purpose, impact, and meaningful contributions that challenge what’s possible for a more sustainable future. Together, we know we can change the world. With an inclusive culture, benefits to support you and your family, limitless opportunities to grow, flexibility to help you balance life’s demands, and more – you’ll be supported to thrive at work and at home. Learn more about building a career with us.

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