Product Architect

Daikin Applied is a member of the global air conditioning company, Daikin Industries. Daikin Applied manufactures technologically advanced commercial HVAC systems that customers from around the world can trust to advance their needs for performance, reliability and energy efficiency. We develop innovations that create the right environments for successful businesses and critical applications. The people at Daikin Applied are committed to using their expertise to advance HVAC technologies and support our customers with efficient and reliable solutions. Daikin Applied products and services are sold through a global network of dedicated sales, service and parts offices.

Daikin Applied, formerly known as Daikin McQuay, was started in 1924 and has an extensive history of developing new, industry leading innovations and technology. Our Rebel rooftop units, Magnitude magnetic bearing chillers, Pathfinder air cooled chillers and SmartSource WSHP compete among the most efficient products in the market. Also, our extensive aftermarket service and parts operations provide support to keep our customers’ operations running smoothly.

Daikin Industries, Ltd. is a Fortune 1000 company with 2015 revenues in excess of $15 billion and more than 51,000 employees worldwide. Daikin was named one of the world’s most innovative companies by Thomson Reuters and one of the 100 most sustainable corporations for three years in a row by Corporate Knights, Inc.

Specialties:
HVAC equipment, Internet of Things (IoT) for HVAC, energy management, aftermarket service support and replacement parts, and turnkey solutions.

Daikin is looking for a software architect to provide leadership and direction for a global development team. The architect will be responsible for contributing to the creation of a full stack architecture starting from our embedded controls going up to our Cloud infrastructure and mobile device access using industry best practices. This person must have experience developing software for the entire software stack needed for these types of systems, be able to evaluate architectural trade-offs in the system, and work collaboratively across engineering teams and geographic regions. The ideal candidate will have created a cloud architecture, developed embedded and/or application level software, and communicated their decisions effectively across an organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for driving work plans and providing technical leadership for engineers dedicated to designing and implementing complex infrastructure systems that meet the short- and long-term business goals of internal functional areas.
• In partnership with management develop operational goals as well as system specifications.
• Monitor analysis of complex infrastructure components and identify best solutions for efficient system operations.
• Create work plans and product cost guidelines that are consistent with company standards.
• Prepare and present project proposals to users in functional areas.
• Often plays a proactive role in developing and applying new approaches to infrastructure planning.
• Participate in the modification, development and implementation of company practices and policies.
• As needed, interacts with senior managers and executives to establish broad based technical direction related to infrastructure systems as well as other functional areas, divisions and customers.
• Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve extremely complex problems in creative and effective ways.
• Leads development of new theories and methods.
• Works on extremely complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.
• Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• More than 15 years of related education and experience
• Developed or Architected a cloud infrastructure using technologies like .NET, databases, HTTPS, Auth Managers, etc
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as technical literature and safety standards, operating and maintenance instructions, and engineering drawings.
• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional employees in the organization.
• Able to collect data and drive decision making

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Other Skills and Experience:

• System administration
• Automated Testing
• Scripting (Python, Perl, Bash)
• Knowledge of open source software rules and obligations
• Embedded systems
• Requirements management
• Defect tracking
• PID Control theory
• HVAC systems

Equal Opportunity Employment: It is the policy of Daikin Applied to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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