Product Development Electrical Engineer-Refrigeration

About Midea America Corp

Midea America Corp. is one of the world’s largest home appliance brands, offering the most comprehensive selection of products in the world to fully serve the needs of day-to-day living at home, at work, or anywhere else you go. In North America we strive to aim high, put the customer first, transform and innovate the marketplace, utilizing our commitment, dedication, inclusion and partnership with our teams. We are a global company with over 150,000 employees and operations in more than 195 countries. As a publicly listed company, we are also ranked #245 as a Fortune Global 500 company and offers one of the most comprehensive ranges in the home appliance industry. Midea America is a subsidiary of Midea with over 200 employees in the US and we are expanding our presence in North America.

Summary

To enhance our primary focus of developing innovative and high-quality refrigeration products for the US and Canada markets, we are seeking a creative, motivated, and energetic Electrical Engineer to create, design, and lead engineering projects. The primary expectation is the execution of projects resulting in unique, innovative and compelling new features for Midea branded refrigeration products. This is a full-time position. Some international travel is required including minimum once per year trip to China.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the research and development of North American Refrigerator Products, including electrical and mechanical component design, and embedded control systems hardware and software/firmware, feature development, collaboration, and the establishment of plan of actions and milestone tracking.
• Complete design and development of new product functional parts as required.
• Develop technology to expand intellectual property portfolio for Refrigerator Products.
• Work to improve lab testing capabilities and guide team on improved processes to ensure test reproducibility and repeatability.
• Architect control systems leveraging existing appliance controls and develop or modify embedded C/C code to control new appliance features.
• Research the fields of sensors, controls, and electronics technology and organize technical research on key core technologies.
• Actively participate in technical project reviews and innovation research projects.
• Cooperate cross-functionally with various internal, external, and international engineering teams to jointly carry out project work.
• Collaborate with project managers and Refrigeration R&D team to create multi-generational technical plan roadmaps.
• Derive detailed root cause analyses and develop both design and quality improvement projects based on field returns of Refrigerator Products.
• Provide expert level of analysis on field returns and provide timely reports and updates to overseas R&D team and North American Refrigeration leadership.
• Implement projects and special tasks as needed.

Required Education and Experience:

Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent; Master’s preferred.

Preferred Experience:

• 3 years of refrigeration experience working with electronics in product development or innovation.
• Experience with electromechanical components: solenoids, motors, heaters, relays, sensors, etc.
• Experience with electronics: analog, digital, power supply, inverter, display, etc.
• Familiar with circuit simulation, PCB schematic tools, electronics assembly and testing, electronics analysis tools (meters, oscilloscopes, function generators).
• Experience working with C/C (or similar) and CPU platforms: Arduino, STM32, Raspberry Pi.
• Familiar with serial communications, code management, and networking.
• Familiarity with patent process and technology trends in refrigeration.

Job Skills:

• Hands on ability to prototype.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks appropriately.
• A self-starter and self-disciplined in accomplishing tasks.
• Strong desire to learn with ability to be self-taught.

Travel to China will be required <10% annually.

Midea America Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Featured benefits

• Medical insurance

• Vision insurance

• Dental insurance

• 401(k)