Sr. Development Engineer

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025!

Daikin Applied is seeking a Senior Development Engineer. The Senior Development Engineer will lead the development of primary systems and sub-systems of commercial HVAC equipment. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional team members to deliver innovative HVAC products. You will also provide technical guidance to more junior team members. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location: Staunton, VA – Hybrid

Your responsibilities:

• Develop electro-mechanical products of significant complexity, supporting program quality, cost, and schedule

• Develop test plans and perform testing of components, sub-systems, and total systems, supporting performance, reliability, and industry certification

• Work cross-functionally with groups such as design, test, manufacturing, sales, and supply chain to ensure product design meets business needs

• Drive the execution of the new product development phase-gate process, demonstrating appropriate design maturity and growth across various milestones

• Have technical ownership of sub-system or system designs

• Act as technical lead for programs

• Drives innovation around tools and product design

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

• 8 years of relevant experience

• Strong understanding of mechanical concepts such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, structures, materials

• Hands-on experience testing electro-mechanical equipment

• Ability to problem solve within engineering and technical concepts

• Able to effectively communicate technical information to an audience in a presentation setting

• Capabilities with PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) tools

• Knowledge of cross-functional groups such as Controls, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Design, Quality, etc.

• Understanding of New Product Development processes

• Knowledge of Lean principles

• Ability to translate product requirements into engineering concepts

• Knowledge of engineering tools and analysis methods such as DOE, DFMEA, DVP&R

• Project Management capabilities; ability to estimate work tasks and support project planning activities

• Knowledge of vapor compression cycle

• Capabilities in modeling/simulation tools such as MATLAB, ANSYS, VapCyc, etc

• Knowledge of systems engineering and architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Your Benefits: 

Daikin Applied offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:  

• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance   

• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions 

• Company provided life insurance + optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage, and voluntary accident coverage 

• Short-term and long-term disability  

• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company-paid holidays 

• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state, and local law requires a faster accrual 

• Paid sick time in accordance with the federal, state, and local law  

• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service 

Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $90,400-188,700 + 10% bonus in Virginia. The range displayed represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade which this position falls. Individual base pay will depend on a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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