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Job Description
Position Summary
Vertiv is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer to support high-impact data center and mission-critical projects with a focus on low-voltage (LV) power distribution systems, including UL 891 switchboards and UL 1558 switchgear. This role operates in a fast-paced, engineering-driven environment where technical accuracy, proposal quality, and cross-functional coordination are critical to winning and delivering mission-critical infrastructure.
This position serves as the senior technical lead for pre-sales ETO engineering activities and is responsible for driving front-end technical alignment, execution readiness, handoff quality, standardization, and engineering process improvements across electrical and mechanical design support functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Front-End Technical Coordination: Lead coordination activities between Applications Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, and Project Management.
- Pre-Sales ETO Engineering: Lead and support ETO engineering activities for LV switchboards, switchgear, power distribution equipment, and custom engineered assemblies.
- Technical Design Direction: Provide technical direction and support for electrical and mechanical design development during the quotation and proposal phase.
- Customer Specification Review: Review customer specifications, one-line diagrams, technical requirements, and project documentation to ensure compliance with customer expectations and applicable standards.
- Opportunity Support: Support engineered-to-order (ETO) and standard platform opportunities across multiple customer segments.
- Code and Compliance Oversight: Ensure quotation designs align with UL 891, UL 1558, NEC, and customer-specific requirements.
- Design Development Support: Support development of conceptual layouts, GA drawings, preliminary BOMs, control architectures, and technical submittal documentation.
- Technical Scope Validation: Review and validate technical scope, component selections, short circuit ratings, bus sizing, protection schemes, metering requirements, and mechanical configurations.
- Handoff Quality: Drive clean order handoff quality and support execution readiness prior to Design Engineering release.
- Technical Risk Assessment: Lead technical risk assessments related to manufacturability, compliance, sourcing, schedule, and customer requirements during the quotation and proposal phase.
- Sourcing Coordination: Coordinate with sourcing and supply chain teams on long lead item considerations, component availability, approved manufacturer lists, and alternate component strategies.
- Customer Technical Engagement: Support customer technical review meetings and provide technical clarification throughout the proposal process.
- Submittal Package Support: Support completion and accuracy of initial customer submittal packages during the pre-sales phase.
- Proposal Timeline Management: Support quotation schedules and proposal response timelines through effective prioritization and coordination.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cycle time reduction, quotation accuracy, BOM accuracy, standardization, handoff quality, and design efficiency.
- Metrics and Documentation: Support development and maintenance of engineering KPIs, proposal tracking metrics, and technical documentation processes.
- Technical Mentorship: Provide technical mentoring and guidance to electrical and mechanical pre-sales design resources.
- Downstream Rework Reduction: Support reduction of downstream engineering revisions, redesign efforts, and execution delays through improved front-end technical validation.
- Project Handoff: Support transition of awarded projects into execution teams through structured technical handoff processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred); Engineering Technology or related technical discipline accepted.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in low voltage power distribution, switchgear, switchboard, or engineered electrical systems.
- Strong understanding of LV power distribution systems, electrical protection, control systems, and mechanical enclosure design.
- Strong knowledge of UL 891, UL 1558, NEC, and related industry standards.
- Experience supporting data center, industrial, utility, or mission critical infrastructure projects.
- Ability to review electrical one-lines, schematics, GA layouts, and BOM structures.
- Experience working within ETO manufacturing environments.
- Strong communication, organizational, leadership, and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Experience with ERP, PDM, and engineering documentation systems preferred.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with IFS, Oracle, Vault, AutoCAD, SEE Electrical, or equivalent engineering systems.
- Experience supporting large scale data center infrastructure projects.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, design for manufacturability, and cost optimization.
- Familiarity with seismic, thermal, short circuit, and compliance testing requirements.
- Direct experience with UL 891 switchboard or UL 1558 switchgear design, including drawing package development, breaker schedules, single line diagrams, and BOM structures.
- Familiarity with LV protection and control systems including overcurrent coordination, arc flash mitigation (NEC 240.87), automatic transfer schemes, and metering and communications integration.
Work Environment
- Based in Anderson, SC with occasional travel to manufacturing facilities and customer sites as required.
- May require extended hours during critical proposal phases and customer delivery timelines.
About Us
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength
VERTIV BEHAVIORS
• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]
