Design Engineer - Fan and Air Management

About this role:

Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.

Carrier Corporation’s Air Management Systems team in Syracuse, NY, is seeking a qualified fan and air management system design engineer to support their development of advanced, high-efficiency fan technologies for HVAC applications. This position involves the full range of design and development engineering for high-performance, low-noise fans using analytical models, computational fluid dynamics, and lab testing. The ideal candidate will have a deep knowledge of fan aerodynamics and turbomachinery design fundamentals and practical skills with fan hardware design, testing, and manufacturing. The position also includes HVAC&R systems and applications air management design and analysis.

Responsibilities include:

• Fan and AMS development using analytical and experimental methods.
• CFD modeling for fan and AMS flow performance and noise.
• Experimental development, testing, data analysis and reporting.
• Technical planning and reviews.
• Work with Carrier teams and suppliers to implement custom fan & AMS designs.
• 5% domestic and international travel.

Required Qualifications:One of the following required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering with 5+ years experience in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and/or turbomachinery, including the design and analysis of fluid dynamic systems
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering with 2+ years experience in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and/or turbomachinery, including the design and analysis of fluid dynamic systems
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering, with an emphasis on fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and/or turbomachinery, including the design and analysis of fluid dynamic systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with CFD analysis of rotating machines and other flow-path systems

• Emphasis on low-speed, low-pressure ratio fans and blowers
• Familiarity with HVAC&R equipment and systems
• Familiarity with experimental methods, instrumentation, and data analysis for fluid dynamic measurements in a lab environment
• Experience with aeroacoustics modeling, analysis, and testing
• Knowledge of structural modeling and analysis using FEA