Engineering - Automotive HVAC Product Engineer
Crestline Coach Lted.Make a difference, build life-saving ambulances. AUTOMOTIVE HVAC PRODUCT ENGINEER Role: Automotive HVAC Product Engineer Location: Saskatoon Schedule: Full Time, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Travel: Up to 10%; occasional travel to testing facilities in the United States may be required Crestline Coach, a long-established family-oriented organization in Saskatoon, SK, has grown to become North America’s leading ambulance manufacturer and Canada’s largest supplier of small to mid-size commercial buses. With safety, innovation, and durability always at the forefront of our business, we now inspire today’s industry standards. Crestline Coach has strong values that align with our culture, demonstrating a customer-centric focus, leadership, integrity, family spirit, and excellence in all we do. We’re looking for an Automotive HVAC Product Engineer to join our Engineering team in Saskatoon. This role will serve as Crestline’s subject-matter specialist for automotive HVAC systems and support HVAC design requirements across multiple vehicle-development projects. The Automotive HVAC Product Engineer will apply a systems-engineering approach that begins with stakeholder and performance requirements and progresses through initial calculations, computational fluid dynamics analysis, bench testing, vehicle testing, and design validation. You’ll work closely with Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, production, service, testing resources, suppliers, and other Pulse Vehicles business units. If you enjoy solving complex technical problems, collaborating across functions, and carrying designs from initial requirements through practical implementation, this could be the role for you. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES As the Automotive HVAC Product Engineer, you will: Serve as Crestline’s technical specialist for automotive HVAC systems across multiple vehicle-development projects. Develop and maintain stakeholder, functional, and performance requirements for vehicle HVAC systems. Own the HVAC concept definition and technical delivery of subsystem designs. Work with mechanical and electrical project engineers to define performance targets for airflow, heating, cooling, filtration, humidity, and thermal management. Complete initial system calculations and apply computational fluid dynamics and other simulation methods to evaluate system performance. Size HVAC components, evaluate complete system performance, and identify required design upgrades or changes. Conduct design reviews and support bill-of-material costing reviews. Develop and execute analytical, bench, and vehicle-level testing to validate HVAC performance. Review CFD and CAE results and use the findings to refine product designs. Support the manufacture and troubleshooting of proof-of-concept, bench, and prototype systems. Support First Article Inspections and the review of quality escapes. Assess design risks through the development and maintenance of HVAC subsystem DFMEAs. Ensure designs meet requirements for manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and serviceability. Provide technical guidance to Supply Chain Management and suppliers throughout sourcing and prototype development. Translate complex engineering findings into clear, practical recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders. Work with production and service teams to investigate system-performance concerns and identify opportunities for future design improvements. Help advance HVAC design standards and best practices across Crestline’s product portfolio. Participate in cross-functional HVAC standardization initiatives with other Pulse Vehicles business units. QUALIFICATIONS As the Automotive HVAC Product Engineer, you will have: A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline. Approximately five or more years of relevant HVAC engineering experience. Knowledge of HVAC systems beyond a general mechanical engineering background. Strong knowledg…