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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Design Engineer II - **Company:** Rheem Manufacturing Company - **Location:** Montgomery, AL, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Creo Elements/Pro (Computer-Aided Design Software), LabVIEW, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ansys - **Published:** July 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=50e9d8f8cb8dd9fa ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field * 3 years of experience in design and manufacture of products * Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance instructions and procedures. * Ability to work with mathematic concepts such as probability and statistical inference. * Strong reasoning and analytical skills (ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variable in situations) * Knowledge of engineering/manufacturing change processes. * Occasional travel required. * Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy. * Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as MS Office Suite. * Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a matrix team environment. * Knowledge of concepts, techniques and tools that promote effective analysis, such as Design of Experiments and test engineering. * Ability to carry out the development of information-gathering exercises for the purpose of investigating a system or process in a manufacturing environment and determine the root cause of problems. * Knowledge of, and the ability to use, tools and techniques for analyzing and documenting logical relationships among data, processes or events. * Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design in the manufacturing environment. * Knowledge of existing and advanced methodologies, processes, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage the manufacture of new products. * Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics and ability to plan, organize, monitor, and lead projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives. * Knowledge of cost improvement projects HOW TO STAND OUT * Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. * Experience in appliance design. * Knowledge of gas combustion principles. * Knowledge of heat pump design and heat exchanger optimization. * Knowledge of analysis & system development tools (e.g. ANSYS/Fluent, ANSYS/Mechanical, MATLAB, LabView, Pro/e, EnergyPlus, GT-SUITE, etc As a leader at Rheem, how you achieve results is as important as the results you achieve. While LEADING SELF, you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies and behaviors: * Adapting * Business Understanding * Collaborating * Communicating Effectively * Continuously Improving * Customer-Orientation * Developing Self * Focusing on Results * Influencing * Managing Relationships * Managing Work * Problem Solving & Decision Making, Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements. ## Description TheThe Design Engineer II uses engineering techniques to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components for engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility. This position will serve Rheem North America located in Montgomery, AL . Design Engineer II uses engineering techniques to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components for engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility. This position will serve Rheem North America located in Montgomery, AL ., * Analyzes engineering sketches, specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape and arrangement of parts. * Sketches rough layouts and computes angles, weights, surface areas, dimensions, radii, clearances, tolerances, leverages and location of holes. * Plan, coordinate, and check engineering changes prior to supervisory signature release to production. * Investigate and troubleshoot product design related problems and opportunities, documenting findings and performing corrective/improvement changes. * Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, agency standards, company standards and customer contract requirements, and related specifications. * Develop agency certification submittals and coordinate available testing with internal and external laboratories. * Develop evaluation test plans and coordinate with engineering designers and lab test engineers on test set-up, data acquisition, interpretation of data and means for achieving desired test results. * Write detailed engineering reports with analysis and summary of findings that will be shared with other departments and archived for historical reference. * Investigate pertinent factors such as inter-changeability, service requirements, and efficiency and agency requirements. ## Related Videos - [What If We Designed Employee Experience Like a Customer Journey?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1824-what-if-we-designed-employee-experience-like-a-customer-journey) - [Leveraging Large Language Models for Legacy Code Translation: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1157-leveraging-large-language-models-for-legacy-code-translation-challenges-and-solutions) - [Cloud Vendor Lock-In - Is it just a new version of the Database Abstraction Layers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1185-cloud-vendor-lock-in-is-it-just-a-new-version-of-the-database-abstraction-layers) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [Colorful quantum randomness](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100257-colorful-quantum-randomness) - [Software stack under and over the hood of the fastest accelerating car in the world](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/221-software-stack-under-and-over-the-hood-of-the-fastest-accelerating-car-in-the-world) ## Related Articles - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [What Jobs Can You Get with a Software Engineering Degree?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/398-what-jobs-can-you-get-with-a-software-engineering-degree) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know)