Principal Product Manufacturing Engineer

New Freedom-Pennsylvania-United States of America
Full-time
$100,000 - $145,000
Posted Nov 13, 2026

Skills

Agile
HVAC
Project Management
Six Sigma
Spanish

Job description

About Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services, and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results, and help move society forward.

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What you will do

Johnson Controls has organized Global DFM Engineering around the Manufacturability Cycle: three connected teams that take a manufacturing idea from first trial to a released design standard and into new chiller programs, with lessons from every launch feeding the next idea. The Product Industrialization team is the Deployment stage of that cycle. It carries the Global DFM Standard into priority new product programs and engineering changes from the Concept gate onward, and hands a clean package to New Product Introduction (NPI) and plant manufacturing engineers.

As Principal Engineer, you will be the team’s senior technical authority. You will lead DFM on the most complex, highest-priority chiller programs and own the playbook that makes DFM repeatable across programs. You will also stay hands-on: on the factory floor, in design reviews, and in Kaizen events, making sure what we design can be built safely, at quality, on cost, and on time.

This role is onsite in New Freedom, PA. Various different relocation packages are available for non local candidates. Must be a US citizen or green card holder.

How you will do it

Lead DFM and industrialization on flagship programs

•Serve as DFM lead on the most complex priority programs and engineering changes, from Concept through manufacturing launch.

•Own the industrialization deliverables: manufacturing specification, process flow and material flow maps, block layout with capital estimate, parts matrix, and factory alignment plan.

•Advise product engineers on design choices affected by the Global DFM Standard before they are locked in, through drawing, model, and design reviews.

•Ensure information released for manufacture conforms to global manufacturing standards and current best practice.

•Prepare data and product comparisons for DFM workshops, make/buy decisions, and equipment return-on-investment cases.

Own the deployment playbook

•Define and maintain the standard method, templates, and deliverables for DFM on priority programs, aligned to the product development gate process (RCLP) and NPI launch gates.

•Define the “definition of done” for major projects and minor changes, and drive its fulfillment on time and on cost.

•Develop and maintain the factory capabilities matrix so designs fit existing factory tooling and methods.

•Publish templates that plant manufacturing engineers use on non-priority programs.

Govern and feed back

•Lead complex DFM reviews and exception decisions; recommend standard revisions to the DFM Standards team.

•Turn unsolved program problems into well-defined candidates for the Manufacturing Technology pipeline.

•Scout, demonstrate, and introduce advanced manufacturing technologies and automation for chiller production.

Support the factory floor

•Provide on-site production support as the design representative during launches and critical project milestones.

•Join Manufacturing Engineering on Kaizen events and quality concerns, representing the improvements needed from design.

•Identify the key characteristics that need control plans, in support of Manufacturing Engineering.

•Maintain a strong focus on health and safety in every process and factory environment.

Technical leadership and mentoring

•Review deliverables from senior and early-career engineers and coach them on technical judgment and influence.

•Represent DFM in program reviews and launch gate reviews with senior engineering and operations leaders.

What we look for

Required

•Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or a closely related discipline, from an accredited four-year university.

•7 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, NPI, industrialization, or DFM/DFMA for complex mechanical or electromechanical equipment, with substantial hands-on time on the factory floor.

•A track record of leading manufacturing readiness on multiple complex product launches from concept to production.

•Working knowledge of fabrication and assembly processes: pipe bending, welding and brazing, sheet metal fabrication, machining, and assembly.

•Expertise in factory layout, process and material flow design, capital estimation, and line balancing.

•Strong knowledge of PFMEA, control plans, PPAP, engineering change, BOM structure (EBOM/MBOM), and stage-gate development.

•Experience reviewing drawings, schematics, and 3D models and giving actionable feedback in design reviews.

•Working knowledge of PLM, 3D CAD, and ERP/MES systems.

•Ability to influence senior product engineering and operations leaders without direct authority, and to balance the needs of design teams, factories, and supply chains.

•Strong data-driven problem-solving and decision-making skills.

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

•Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.

•Experience with chillers or similar large HVAC equipment.

•Familiarity with JCI engineering governance, including ECN/CCB, P-status lifecycle, variant configuration, and Windchill/PLM.

•Experience introducing advanced manufacturing technology or automation into production.

•Six Sigma Black Belt or PMP.

•Experience working in an agile project management environment.

•Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $100,000 - $145,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

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