Staff/ Lead Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 9, 2026.
Description
Now Hiring
Staff / Lead Engineer
Location: Greenville, MI
Reports to: Engineering Leadership
Department: Engineering / Refrigeration & Thermal Systems
Composition Brands is seeking a Staff / Lead Engineer to serve as the primary technical integrator and system architect for refrigeration platforms. This role establishes engineering standards, sets verification and validation strategies, and drives advanced design-for-robustness practices to ensure platform-level quality, performance, and long-term field reliability across our Marvel, U-Line, and Viking Refrigeration brands.
The Staff / Lead Engineer provides the highest level of technical leadership for refrigeration platform development, guiding architecture, reliability, supplier strategy, manufacturing integration, and cross-functional engineering decisions.
Perks you can expect from us:
- A competitive benefits package including 401(k) matching
- Company provided life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off at start
- Paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee referral program
Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position.
Position Overview:
The Staff / Lead Engineer provides the highest level of technical leadership for refrigeration platform development, guiding architecture, reliability, supplier strategy, manufacturing integration, and cross-functional engineering decisions from concept through production.
Responsibilities:
- Establish multi-year platform architectures and technical roadmaps for refrigeration systems, with emphasis on performance efficiency, system robustness, lower-impact refrigerants, and simplified assembly.
- Author comprehensive system-level V&V strategies and oversee advanced testing matrices that stress components under extreme environmental conditions, such as high ambient temperatures and door-ajar moisture loading.
- Set standards for DFSS, DFM, DFA, DFMEA, and 3D tolerance stack-up processes. Drive strategic BOM structures and master routing design within ERP systems.
- Lead executive-level root-cause investigations for complex, systemic failure modes, including frost accumulation, charge leaks, and structural degradation, and implement permanent countermeasures.
- Partner with Procurement, Quality, and Supplier Development Engineering to evaluate strategic components such as compressors, heat exchangers, and controls and to optimize capital-tooling capability.
- Serve as the top technical authority in Technical Design Reviews, mentor senior engineers, and drive continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, or HVAC-R.
Experience: 8+ years of technical leadership in thermal systems, HVAC-R, or refrigeration development, or 6+ years with a relevant master's degree.
Technical Skills: Expert mastery of thermodynamic cycles, system-level V&V, the SolidWorks/PDM ecosystem, ERP architecture, DFSS methodology, and NPI governance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialized focus on thermal-fluid dynamics, refrigeration, or reliability engineering.
- 10+ years of consumer or commercial refrigeration platform-development experience.
- Demonstrated ability to establish design-for-reliability systems that reduce field-service rates.
- Deep technical leadership experience managing multi-site and cross-functional teams through complex engineering-change escalations.
Working Conditions:
- Ability to work in office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.
- Frequent walking on the production floor and within laboratory areas.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety-toe footwear, as required.
Salary Description
80000-115000