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Senior Mechanical Engineer, HVAC New Product Development (NPD)

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Compensation
$79–158K/yr
Location
Charlotte, NC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Carrier seeks a senior mechanical engineer to develop commercial water chilling systems and lead mechanical-system integration in chiller and split-system new product development. The role develops market-focused solutions by integrating product technologies and requires understanding of chiller thermodynamics, modeling, heat transfer, pressure-vessel design, refrigerant performance analysis, and compression application. The engineer also works across teams to test, launch, and optimize product designs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

HVAC Product DesignNew Product DevelopmentSustaining EngineeringMechanical EngineeringProject LeadershipCommunicationEnglishLeadershipTeamwork

Qualifications

Bachelor's+5 or Master's+3 Yrs HVAC Product Design1+ Year New Product Development or Sustaining EngineeringMechanical Engineering Degree

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

The primary responsibility of the position is the engineering development of commercial water chilling systems. The role includes leading the integration of mechanical system designs into chiller and split system new product development programs. In this capacity, the senior engineer will be responsible for developing solutions that best meet the local/global market needs by integrating multiple technologies in the product. To do this, the senior engineer must have a strong understanding of the thermodynamics of the chiller system, chiller modeling, tube in shell heat transfer, pressure vessel design, refrigerant system performance analysis and compression application.

Key Responsibilities

  • Thermodynamic based modeling and optimization of chiller system design, fluid filtration and pumping

  • Work cross functionally with service and operations teams to effectively launch designs into production

  • Develop chiller system architecture that meets or exceeds the product development requirements

  • Confirm product design performance, capability and reliability in the engineering product test laboratories

  • Collaborate with the product marketing teams locally to develop product requirements and ensure that the product meets their needs when launched

  • Prepare phased gate/process materials and present to senior leadership on regular basis

  • Execute tests for systems, sub-systems, and components. Analyze test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives

  • Follow all appropriate design, safety, and qualification standards in development programs.

  • Work toward commonality and optimization of product & components to reduce design errors and escapes

  • Produce parts, specifications, designs, or sketches for machines, components, systems or work orders / purchase requests

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of HVAC product design experience or Master’s Degree and 3+ years of HVAC product design experience

  • 1+ years of experience with new product development and/or sustaining engineering

Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering

  • Project leadership experience

  • Strong communication skills, primarily in English

  • Leadership and teamwork skills

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $79,000.00 - $158,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

  • Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

  • Retirement Benefits

  • Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

  • Disability : Short-term and long-term disability

  • Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

  • Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

  • Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate (https://www.corporate.carrier.com/careers/work-with-us/) . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is 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, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] . We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 23 October 2026

Job Applicant's Privacy Notice

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Use of AI

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,691 open Mechanical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$79–158K/yr
  • North Carolina median$116–181K/yr24 salary ranges
  • US median$116–187K/yr812 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $119K, is 21% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($149K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineering salary ranges in North Carolina.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 48 open Mechanical Engineering jobs in North Carolina and 1,691 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Mechanical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 949 postings).
Education
780 of the 1,691 open Mechanical Engineering jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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