Staff/Lead Engineer

Middleby Refrigeration
Any Location, MI
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

The Staff/Lead Engineer provides the highest level of technical leadership for refrigeration platform development, guiding architecture, reliability, supplier strategy, manufacturing integration, and cross-functional engineering decisions from concept through production.

What You Will Do

Establish multi-year platform architectures, author comprehensive system-level V&V strategies, set standards for DFSS, DFM, DFA, DFMEA, and 3D tolerance stack-up processes, and lead executive-level root-cause investigations.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of technical leadership in thermal systems, HVAC-R, or refrigeration development, or 6+ years with a relevant master's degree, and expert mastery of thermodynamic cycles, system-level V&V, the SolidWorks/PDM ecosystem, ERP architecture, DFSS methodology, and NPI governance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, or HVAC-R.
  • 8+ years of technical leadership in thermal systems, HVAC-R, or refrigeration development, or 6+ years with a relevant master's degree.
  • Expert mastery of thermodynamic cycles, system-level V&V, the SolidWorks/PDM ecosystem, ERP architecture, DFSS methodology, and NPI governance.

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package including 401(k) matching
  • Company provided life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance
  • Paid time off at start
  • Paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee referral program
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