Refrigeration Design Engineer

Would you like to work for a company who has made it its mission to make a contribution to improving human living conditions? With around 5,000 employees worldwide Eppendorf is a leading Life Sciences company. We develop and distribute devices, consumables and services for use in laboratories worldwide. Our daily work is characterized by our principle: Collaborate on new ideas. You would like to be in an environment in which you can work in a team in a collaborative and respectful manner? At Eppendorf you will be working, together with your team, on products that really make a difference. You are also motivated by practical work? Then apply now!

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Your challenges

• Design & development of ultra-low temperature refrigeration systems to meet customer and product requirements following agile methodology of product development
• Use of specific numeric calculation methods to assure design performance while minimizing investment on prototype and experiments building, calibrate models targeting representativeness
• Create and review specifications of refrigeration systems and components for use either to prototypes or off tooling units. Assure refrigeration specifications are feasible to source by connecting to suppliers and manufacturing operations
• Provide specific documentation related to product design to meet regulatory compliance: ISO 9001, 13485 and organization requirements
• Advocate on refrigeration testing by making sure product and testing quality level is appropriate. Guide testing engineers on testing planning and execution. Analyze testing results, understand product improvement opportunities and drive implementation of changes
• Feed refrigeration technology roadmap pipeline by targeting new and feasible technologies. Rely on different sources to research, analyze and invent high performance and cost-effective refrigeration systems
• Assist on quality complains from the field by providing technical support to identify root cause, short- and long-term alternatives and determine potential product risks
• Provide support on manufacturing processes and methods to meet quality and safety standards of the product

Your expertise

• BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering. MSc or Phd on Heat & Mass transfer or similar field is a plus
• Have a solid technical background on thermodynamics and heat transfer in the development of refrigeration products or devices
• Proven track of record on product/ technologies development as a design engineer using thermodynamics and heat transfer
• Experience working in formalized phase-gate product development process, using Design tools such as DFM, FMEA and ISO 9001 design controls
• Experienced in mathematical modelling of technical problems in the field of refrigeration and heat transfer
• Ability to simplify complex phenomena while keeping a balance between model accuracy and parametrization efforts
• Experience on Refprop, Flownex, SolidWorks (CAD), Agile Project Methodology within a regulated industry, FGas, Hydrocarbon conversion are a plus
• Combine the ability to think and plan strategically with a hands-on approach to work and ensure delivery of the agreed targets

Your benefits at Eppendorf

• Working for an international company renowned for its scientific products.
• Opportunity to career progress within a fast pace growing business.
• Drive innovation and collaboration into Eppendorf Research & Development organization
• 5% Employer Pension contribution
• Unlimited training opportunities
• Flexible working
• Free Employee Welfare services and Social events
• Buy & Sell up to 40hrs holiday per year

Please note that we can only consider applications that are submitted online via our application management tool.

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