Staff/ Lead Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

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Staff / Lead Engineer

Location: Greenville, MI

Reports to: Engineering Leadership

Department: Engineering / Refrigeration & Thermal Systems

Composition Brands is seeking a Staff / Lead Engineer to serve as the primary technical integrator and system architect for refrigeration platforms. This role establishes engineering standards, sets verification and validation strategies, and drives advanced design-for-robustness practices to ensure platform-level quality, performance, and long-term field reliability across our Marvel, U-Line, and Viking Refrigeration brands.

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.

Perks you can expect from us:

• A 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

Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position.

Position 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.

Responsibilities:

• Establish multi-year platform architectures and technical roadmaps for refrigeration systems, with emphasis on performance efficiency, system robustness, lower-impact refrigerants, and simplified assembly.
• Author comprehensive system-level V&V strategies and oversee advanced testing matrices that stress components under extreme environmental conditions, such as high ambient temperatures and door-ajar moisture loading.
• Set standards for DFSS, DFM, DFA, DFMEA, and 3D tolerance stack-up processes. Drive strategic BOM structures and master routing design within ERP systems.
• Lead executive-level root-cause investigations for complex, systemic failure modes, including frost accumulation, charge leaks, and structural degradation, and implement permanent countermeasures.
• Partner with Procurement, Quality, and Supplier Development Engineering to evaluate strategic components such as compressors, heat exchangers, and controls and to optimize capital-tooling capability.
• Serve as the top technical authority in Technical Design Reviews, mentor senior engineers, and drive continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, or HVAC-R.

Experience: 8+ years of technical leadership in thermal systems, HVAC-R, or refrigeration development, or 6+ years with a relevant master's degree.

Technical Skills: Expert mastery of thermodynamic cycles, system-level V&V, the SolidWorks/PDM ecosystem, ERP architecture, DFSS methodology, and NPI governance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialized focus on thermal-fluid dynamics, refrigeration, or reliability engineering.
• 10+ years of consumer or commercial refrigeration platform-development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to establish design-for-reliability systems that reduce field-service rates.
• Deep technical leadership experience managing multi-site and cross-functional teams through complex engineering-change escalations.

Working Conditions:

• Ability to work in office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.
• Frequent walking on the production floor and within laboratory areas.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety-toe footwear, as required.