The Whalen Company has an opening for a Product Development Engineer at its Easton, Maryland location. Established in 1962, The Whalen Company is one of America's most innovative leaders in the commercial heating and air conditioning industry providing fan coils and water source heat pumps for applications worldwide including: hotels, condominiums, apartments, senior living facilities, office buildings, schools, and dormitories. The Whalen Company provides solutions for new and replacement heating and air conditioning applications. Our flexibility and expertise allow us to meet the needs of our customers by providing designs that fit the building rather than forcing the building to fit the equipment.

The Product Development Engineer will report to the Vice President of Engineering and will be responsible for all aspects of product design and development of water source HVAC equipment. Projects will include: new product designs with R-454B refrigerant, model extensions, redesigns of existing product, warranty reductions, product cost improvements, and alternate supplier qualifications. In this role, the Product Development Engineer will:

1. Manage projects from concept to production launch.

2. Be responsible for agency submittals and file management.

3. Design and develop refrigeration, air flow, and controls systems.

4. Work with suppliers to develop and/or specify system components.

5. Develop and manage product bills of materials.

6. Provide direction to Product Designers for sheet metal and tubing design CAD models.

7. Provide direction to the Engineering Lab for building prototypes and conducting product performance testing.

8. Provide Engineering documentation including drawings, product specifications, and technical data to production, sales, and technical services.

9. Provide Engineering support to production, sales, and technical services.

The successful candidate will have some or all of the following:

1. A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred) or equivalent work experience.

2. A knowledge and understanding of HVAC system operation principles including, but not limited to: the refrigeration cycle, electrical controls, air flow, expansion control devices, heat exchangers, and psychrometric calculations.

3. At least five years experience in the product development process and delivering designs to production.

4. Ability to interact with all departments in the company and drive projects to completion.

5. Experience in air to air and/or water source heat pump product design.

6. Experience in using refrigeration performance system simulation software.

7. Experience in product performance testing in a psychrometric test chamber.

If interested, submit an email with a resume to and reference "Product Development Engineer" in the subject line.