Job Ref: # 4448742
Date Posted: 8/5/2026
Location: Dallas, Texas
Salary (USD): $35 - $40
Description
Join a growing custom equipment manufacturer where you'll become a key member of the team responsible for testing, troubleshooting, and validating complex HVAC systems before they are delivered to customers.
This role is ideal for technicians who enjoy diagnosing electrical and mechanical issues, solving challenging problems, and working alongside Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure every unit performs to specification.
What You'll Do
- Perform functional testing, startup, and performance validation of custom HVAC equipment, including air handling, direct-fired, indirect-fired, mixed-air, and evaporative cooling systems.
- Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, controls, airflow, hydronic, and gas-fired system issues using a systematic approach to identify root causes.
- Verify operation of motors, VFDs, sensors, actuators, relays, burners, safety devices, and control systems.
- Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, piping diagrams, and technical documentation.
- Utilize multimeters, electrical test equipment, and calibrated instruments to validate equipment performance and identify deficiencies.
- Perform vibration analysis and balancing of blower wheels, fan assemblies, and rotating equipment to optimize system performance.
- Complete test documentation, inspection records, startup reports, and quality paperwork while supporting root cause investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to resolve product issues and improve equipment reliability, manufacturability, and customer satisfaction.
What We're Looking For
(Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education)
- 3–7 years of hands-on experience troubleshooting complex electrical and mechanical equipment.
- Strong knowledge of motors, VFDs, relays, sensors, actuators, control circuits, and industrial electrical troubleshooting.
- Experience reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and technical documentation.
- Background performing equipment startup, commissioning, testing, validation, or field troubleshooting.
- Strong root cause analysis and independent problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where diagnosing equipment issues is a primary responsibility.
- Experience with HVAC equipment, industrial controls, or custom engineered equipment is highly desirable.
- Industrial electrical training, HVAC controls experience, Lean Manufacturing, or continuous improvement experience is a plus.
Military Backgrounds That Translate Well
- Navy Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Navy Nuclear Electrician's Mate (EMN)
- Navy Machinist's Mate (MM/MMN)
- Navy Hull Maintenance Technician (HT)
- Navy Interior Communications Electrician (IC)
- Army Power Generation Specialist (91D)
- Air Force Electrical Systems Specialist
- Air Force HVAC/R Specialist
- Marine Corps Utilities Technician
- Military technicians with strong troubleshooting experience involving motors, controls, electrical systems, HVAC, or rotating equipment.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive hourly pay with overtime opportunities.
- Quarterly attendance bonus.
- Profit sharing and 401(k) with company match.
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
- Paid holidays plus floating holidays.
- Company-provided uniforms.
- Opportunity to become the technical expert responsible for testing and validating highly engineered HVAC equipment.
- Long-term career growth within a stable and expanding custom manufacturing organization.
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