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Design Engineer - Entry Level

API Heat Transfer
API Heat Transfer Salary
Racine, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2026
As a global leader in the design and manufacture of a wide range of specialty heat exchangers and heat transfer solutions, API Heat Transfer has a legacy of industry-leading performance that can be traced back more than 140 years. Throughout our history, we’ve built a corporate culture based on reliability and superior performance - from our innovative technologies to the people behind them. Experience has taught us that design and engineering expertise, supported by professionals who have a passion for their work, can bring about only one result: the ability to provide the right solutions for our customers.

Thermal Transfer Products (TTP), an API Heat Transfer business, is hiring a Design Engineer - Entry Level to work in our Racine, WI. location. TTP is the premier manufacturer of heat exchangers for the Industrial and Mobile Hydraulic market.

About Thermal Transfer Products

Thermal Transfer Products (TTP) is a global provider of advanced thermal transfer solutions, delivering industry-leading performance, best-in-class lead times, and the highest quality across a wide range of industrial and mobile applications.

Founded in 1969, TTP specializes in a complete line of catalog-based air- and water-cooled products serving mobile and industrial hydraulic markets. Our capabilities include the design and manufacture of shell-and-tube water coolers, copper tube/aluminum fin and brazed aluminum air-cooled units, as well as custom engine cooling packages for small- to medium-sized mobile equipment.

Our success is rooted in a corporate culture defined by reliability, innovation, and a commitment to excellence. From our technologies to the talented people behind them, everything we do is driven by performance and a focus on customer success.

As a customer-centric industry leader, TTP provides an extensive portfolio of high-performing standard and custom heat exchanger solutions, delivered on time to meet the demands of diverse industries. We ensure our customers receive efficient and reliable thermal solutions when they need them most.

Our mission is brought to life by highly engaged associates who are passionate about their work and committed to continuous improvement. Supported by superior digital tools that make doing business easier, our teams combine deep engineering expertise with a drive to solve complex challenges—consistently delivering the right solutions for our customers.

At API we take our culture transformation seriously! To help find the best fit for our positions and organization, we ask that you complete our 10-minute Culture Index Survey. Please follow the link after submitting your application to help us use our interview time to dive deeper into your job behaviors and work history.

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The Design Engineer will support strategic and ongoing customer engagements by providing designs, calculations, drawings, BOMs, etc. for both conventional and complex product initiatives.

The Design Engineer is responsible for providing engineering input for product development projects assigned including interfacing with the cross functional team consisting of engineering, operations (industrial engineering, production, and material procurement), sourcing, quality, service, and marketing. This position reports to the Engineering Director as part of TTP’s Engineering team.

Responsibilities:

  • Creation of new parts in the ERP system, manufacturing bill of materials, and 3D modeling / 2D prints for production and customer approval.
  • Manage the scope of work for mechanical design on customized projects, including planning, supervising project work, and verifying designs to ensure effective performance of the work.
  • Utilize project management skills to execute coordination, communication and execution of processes with manufacturing, Purchasing, Application Engineering, Sales, and Customers.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) equivalent from an accredited college or university required
  • 3D CAD design (e.g. Solidworks, AutoCad Inventor, Pro/Engineer) that includes modeling and automation systems design experience. Solidworks experience preferred.
  • Experience with project management methods, practices and tools including scoping, facilitations, delegation, and risk management best practices.
  • Experience with heat exchangers preferred
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or reasonable accommodation during the application process, please send a message through the application process.

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