Associate Director - Chief Engineer

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.

Role Purpose

The Chief Engineer - Trailer Product Line serves as the single-point technical authority and accountability owner for Carrier's Trailer product portfolio within Climate Solutions Transportation (CST).This role exists to ensure system integrity, disciplined technical decision-making, and predictable engineering outcomes across safety, quality, cost, schedule, and performance-without compromising long-term platform strategy or architectural integrity. Operating at the system, platform, and portfolio level, the Chief Engineer translates business strategy into scalable, compliant, and competitive engineering solutions through strong technical leadership and governance.

Role Responsibilities

• Serve as the single-point technical accountability owner for the Trailer product line across the full product lifecycle, from pre-P0 concept through NPI, sustaining, quality, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Own system-level architecture, technology selection, and cross-domain technical tradeoffs, ensuring alignment with CST platform strategies, reuse roadmaps, and long-term technology direction.
• Act as the final technical decision authority for Trailer programs, including architecture adherence, technical risk acceptance, and major tradeoffs impacting cost, schedule, or performance.
• Provide functional leadership and technical direction to Engineering Project Leaders (EPLs), establishing clear decision rights, escalation thresholds, and operating cadence.
• Chair or co-chair key technical forums, including architecture reviews, integration readiness reviews, design reviews, and program gate reviews.
• Ensure strong alignment with Systems Engineering on requirements flow-down, interfaces, verification & validation, and compliance readiness.
• Drive closure of systemic quality and reliability issues through structured RCCA and design-for-reliability practices.
• Partner with Finance and Engineering leadership on AOP planning, budget ownership, engineering demand vs. capacity tradeoffs, and portfolio prioritization.
• Serve as the senior technical interface for customers, regulators, and strategic suppliers when escalation, credibility, or engineering judgment is required.
• Develop leadership bench strength by coaching EPLs and cultivating future Chief Engineers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace engineering.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including senior system-level technical leadership of complex, multi-disciplinary products.
• 10+ years of experience with system-level architecture ownership and cross-domain integration for complex, multi-disciplinary products
• 10+ years of experience in a technical decision authority, including leading major tradeoffs and risk acceptance impacting cost, schedule, and performance
• 10+ years of experience leading and developing senior technical teams in a global, matrixed environment, including coaching leaders (EPLs or equivalent) and driving engineering operating discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace engineering.
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-level technical decisions spanning hardware, software, controls, manufacturing, and supply chain interfaces.
• Proven ability to lead senior technical professionals and influence outcomes across a global, matrixed organization.
• Experience operating within formal engineering governance, product safety, and gated development frameworks.

Pay Range
The annual salary for this position is between $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 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.

Other Compensation
This position is 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 CorporateThe 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.

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Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 14 May 2026

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