Refrigerants Applications R&D Engineer

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. That’s the spirit of the community you’ll find at Orbia: where the purpose to advance life around the world drives our global team of over 23,000 every single day. 

From creating solutions to deliver clean water, secure food supplies and reliable information to steering material advances that power the future of green and smart cities, transportation, and healthcare, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better. Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for.

Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials is currently seeking to hire a Refrigerants Applications R&D Engineer for our Houston, TX site. The role is responsible for R&D Refrigerant Applications engineer will be responsible for performing both theoretical and experimental evaluations of refrigeration and HVAC systems in our applications laboratory. This role requires extensive knowledge in the evaluation and analysis of thermal systems in general and HVAC systems specifically. This engineer will be responsible for performing experimental testing and modeling/simulation of refrigeration and HVAC systems using current and next generation refrigerants. 

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)

(Relocation Package offered to candidates willing to relocate to the Houston area)

About the Role

• Develops work plans, scope and realistic timetables for all evaluations of refrigeration and HVAC systems/equipment. This will Include both modelling and experimental evaluations.
• Establish, direct and deliver project and experimental process excellence, ensuring exemplary safety, health & environment performance in all experimental activities 
• Ensure technical rigor and work alignment with project and business strategic goals.
• Participate in the development of our next generation refrigerants, ensuring that they are compatible with HVAC system components (e.g. heat exchangers, compressors, expansion valves).
• Ensure Orbia’s representation in HVAC industry bodies (such as ASHRAE committees). Serve as Orbia lead for ASHRAE technical committee participation. 

• Works with the applications director and Orbia's commercial teams to understand customers’ needs in the refrigeration and HVAC sectors.

Role Challenges:

• Scope: Global with initial North American focus 
• Dimensions: Refrigerant Business scope 

What You Bring

• Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time and have experience working individually/remotely/onsite

• Highly motivated with a proven track record of performing research within the Refrigeration, HVAC and thermal management industry 

• Precision mindset – must follow standards and standard laboratory work practices. 

• In depth understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer and behavior of thermal systems 

• Advanced modeling or simulation experience 

• Excellent presentation skills 

• Time management, goal achievement, analytical and conceptual thinking, project coordination and planning 
• Graduate degree – Chemical or Mechanical Engineering 
• PhD degree - preferred 

• 5+ years engineering/science experience
• Experience related to thermal systems obtained during graduate studies research will be considered.

What We Offer

• 401k with a 6% company match (the company will automatically contribute an extra 3% of your plan-eligible pay to your 401k)
• Multi-tier benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) that you can tailor for yourself and dependents which include Employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, & Life Insurance
• Wellness Employee Assistance Program (EAP), paid parental leave, Fitness & Weight-loss Reimbursement
• Additional benefits include tuition reimbursement, 11 paid company holidays, paid vacation time, paid sick time, career development opportunities, and many other benefits in a collaborative culture that focuses on work & work-life balance, innovation, & teamwork. Benefits start on day one!

“The compensation for this position will typically range from $108,000 -$200,000/yr.  The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity.

The compensation package may also include short- and long-term incentive compensation. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes healthcare coverage, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, paid company holidays, paid vacation time, paid sick time, parental leave, short- and long-term disability leave, and an employee assistance program. At Orbia, we are committed to taking care of our employees and believe in providing comprehensive support so you can thrive at work and home."

Our Values

At Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued. Our leadership is guided by Orbia’s values:

• Be Brave: We move forward with curiosity and ambition to create a better world. We ask big questions, create safe spaces to test solutions, take risks, and exercise creativity.
• Take Responsibility: We hold ourselves accountable, realizing our actions have impact. We listen closely to our customers, deliver on our commitments, and lead with ethics and integrity.
• Embrace Diversity: We are stronger by welcoming different perspectives. We work towards a diverse, inclusive, and equal world, starting with our global community.

Join Our Team: Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials offers all its employees an exciting work environment and provides career opportunities in a continuously growing company. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce that represents our global customer base.

Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials is part of a community of businesses, known as Orbia, bound together by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia’s business groups have a collective focus on ensuring food security, reducing water scarcity, reinventing the future of cities and homes, connecting communities to data infrastructure, and expanding access to health and wellness with advanced materials.

To learn more, visit Business Groups | Orbia: orbia.com/this-is-orbia/business-groups.

Acquisition based on this vacancy is not appreciated and unsolicited applications from third parties will not be accepted.

If you are excited about this role and your experience and competencies somewhat align with the qualification in the posting, we encourage you to apply. Everywhere you are, you bring your unique skills, talents and perspective to moving your career, the company, people and the planet forward. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! 

We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives. 

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what working at Orbia is all about.

Orbia is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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