Engineer - Building Equipment Research

General Summary

GTI Energy, the nation's leading research, development, and training organization serving energy markets, has an opportunity for a Senior Engineer within its Research and Engineering Group in Des Plaines, IL. The qualified candidate will perform R&D functions in collaboration with senior staff in the design and evaluation of advanced heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems for residential and commercial building applications. Additional focus areas include energy-efficient, grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs), microgrids, and energy storage. The work will involve interacting and collaborating with utilities, private industries, government agencies, universities, and national and international laboratories.

Why GTI Energy?

GTI Energy offers generous benefits, competitive salaries, career advancement, and the opportunity to work in a professional R&D environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are proud of what we do because our work matters. GTI Energy is working toward solving global energy challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. We have a proven track record in producing innovative ideas and commercializing solutions to deliver clean and reliable energy. At GTI Energy, we deliver innovative technology solutions for safe, efficient, and responsible energy.

So, what does that mean for you? You will work in a positive and respectful work culture that fosters growth, collaboration, and opportunity. You will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits, while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement of delivering clean energy to the world.

Work Location

The position will be based in the Chicagoland area at the GTI Energy Headquarters. We offer a hybrid/core work week, where employees are remote Mondays and Fridays, and required to be on-site Tuesday through Thursday.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conducting, coordinating, and reporting research assignments related to the design and evaluation of advanced heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems for residential and commercial building applications, including cold climate heat pumps, integrated heat pumps, and thermal energy storage heat pumps.

• Develop in-house system modeling and analyses capabilities for heat pump and thermal energy storage.

• Perform advanced data analysis with commercially available tools such as spreadsheets or Python.

• Prepare technical project documents, test results reports, and research publications to fulfill project obligations.

• Manage analytical and experimental projects, including budgets, schedules, and deliverables.

• Support proposal efforts to secure new research, development, and demonstration contract research.

• Travel to participate in field site visits, pilot implementations, conferences, and industry event

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics

• Strong background in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and energy conversion systems.

• Fundamental understanding of system design, analytical modeling, experimental design, instrumentation, and data acquisition.

• Knowledge of how energy conversion systems are installed and operated in the field is desirable.

• Active and recognized participation in professional societies is desirable.

• Programming experience (Engineering Equation Solver, MATLAB, Python, and HPDM) is desirable.

• Individuals who are self-motivated and able to work independently with simple direction.

Education and Experience

• A Master of Science in an engineering or scientific field is preferred.

• 5+ years of relevant work experience or an advanced degree in engineering with 3+ years of relevant experience is highly desired, especially in the field of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R), water heating, or appliances.

• Relevant Industry Certifications (Licensed Professional Engineer, etc.) are a plus.

• Experience with instrumentation, data acquisition, and control systems specifications (e.g., National Instruments (NI), Campbell Scientific).

• Prior industry/academic laboratory research experience.

• Experience identifying new technical and/or business areas of activity is a plus.

• Experience in laboratory development testing of energy conversion systems is a plus.

• Familiarity with standard tools (drills and pipe wrenches), plumbing, electrical is a plus.

EEO Statement

GTI Energy is committed to developing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodation, please e-mail us at HumanResources@gti.energy and we'll work with you to meet your accessibility needs. You must have legal authorization to work for GTI Energy on your date of hire with no further action required by GTI Energy. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and give consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or genetic information.