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As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business-it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.\nLearn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home.\nWe boldly go.\nWhere is the work:\nMonday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.What’s in it for you:\nAre you ready to shape the future of sustainable, intelligent climate technology? 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Lead tradeoff analysis and recommendations, preparing and presenting architectural reports to senior management\nCreate embedded controls hardware design process standard work guidelines, templates/tools (ie, system diagrams, calculation spreadsheets, error checking, etc…) to improve product development cycle time, promote consistency across teams, and to enable rapid innovation with a high degree of reuse\nProvide technical leadership and mentoring to controls hardware engineering teams; supporting the design, review, and implementation of controls hardware electronics components\nEnsure embedded controls hardware meets all functional, security, regulatory (e.g., wireless, cybersecurity compliance), and quality requirements for industrial and transportation environments\nMulti-region travel up to 5% may be required\nKey Competencies & Skillset:\nProficient in embedded controls hardware selection, PCB design, layout, schematic capture, and use of design/development tools (e.g. Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Siemens Xpedition/PADS Professional, etc…), including design for signal integrity and controlled impedance layer stack-up techniques.\nExperience with microprocessor and microcontroller architectures along with various communication links (CAN, SPI) and their impact on embedded hardware design.\nExperience with IoT wireless electronics hardware selection and product design (RF, analog, digital electronics design) and components. Knowledge of radio technologies such as cellular / GPS / WiFi / BT standards and certifications.\nExperience with industrial connectivity protocols such as CAN, J1939, Modbus, MQTT, OPC-UA, secure IP-based protocols, and Automotive Ethernet (100Base-T1, 10Base-T1S)\nKnowledge of UML, SysML, or MBSE for system modeling and design\nWorking knowledge of DevOps tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc..)\nWhat you will bring:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or related technical field with 8 years of experience\nPrevious experience leading embedded controls hardware development or leading electronics architecture definition preferred\nStrong organizational, leadership, and communication skills for working in cross-disciplinary teams (software, hardware, systems engineering)\nAnnual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:\n$133,633.33 - $186,830.00Compensation Type:\nSalaryIncentive Eligible:\nYesSales Commission Eligible:\nNoDisclaimer: We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. 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