Application Engineer - Busway

Vertiv; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking a highly skilled Presales Application Engineer – Busway to support our power distribution portfolio for data centers, commercial, and industrial applications. This role translates customer requirements into technically compliant busway designs and coordinates with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing throughout the pre-sales process.

You will develop layouts, review equipment specifications, ensure NEC/IEEE/NEMA compliance, and help optimize lead times and cost

Qualifications

• Knowledge of busway systems, sizing, and applications.
• Familiarity with NEC, UL 857, NEMA and IEEE standards.
• Ability to translate concepts into manufacturable busway designs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in busway selection, sizing, configuration, and application.
• Review specifications, one-lines, and layouts to develop busway solutions.
• Develop layouts considering ampacity, voltage, and system scalability.
• Ensure NEC/UL/NEMA/IEEE compliance for all solutions.
• Translate customer concepts into practical designs aligned with product platforms.
• Collaborate with Sales to develop technical proposals and scope clarifications.
• Coordinate with Product Engineering and Manufacturing to verify feasibility and lead times.
• Prepare technical documentation: busway layouts, diagrams, schedules, and submittals.
• Support customer meetings, design reviews, and site visits.
• Identify value-engineering opportunities to reduce cost and improve installation.

Skills

Busway systems knowledge

NEC/UL/NEMA/IEEE standards

Technical proposal support

Customer collaboration

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Presales Application Engineer – Busway to support our power distribution portfolio. This role focuses on low-voltage busway and busbar distribution systems, including feeder and plug-in busway, tap-off boxes, and related power distribution solutions for data center, commercial, and industrial applications. The successful candidate will play a key role in the application, technical evaluation, system layout, design support, and optimization of busway solutions, ensuring alignment with customer specifications, project requirements, manufacturing capabilities, and applicable industry standards.

Position Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Presales Application Engineer – Busway to support our power distribution portfolio. This role focuses on low-voltage busway and busbar distribution systems, including feeder and plug-in busway, tap-off boxes, and related power distribution solutions for data center, commercial, and industrial applications. The successful candidate will play a key role in the application, technical evaluation, system layout, design support, and optimization of busway solutions, ensuring alignment with customer specifications, project requirements, manufacturing capabilities, and applicable industry standards. The primary responsibility of this role is to translate customer electrical and physical requirements into technical compliant, manufacturable, and competitive busway solutions. The individual will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, and customers throughout the pre-sales process.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in the selection, sizing, configuration, and application of busway systems, including feeder busway, plug-in busway, tap-off boxes, fittings, and accessories.
• Review customer specifications, one-line diagrams, equipment layouts, and project requirements to develop appropriate busway solutions.
• Develop busway layouts and configurations considering ampacity, voltage, short-circuit ratings, voltage drop, routing, tap-off locations, installation requirements, and system scalability.
• Ensure solutions comply with applicable NEC, UL 857, NEMA, IEEE, and other relevant standards and codes.
• Translate customer concepts and project requirements into practical and manufacturable designs aligned with available product platforms.
• Partner with Sales to develop technical proposals, clarify scope, identify deviations and exclusions, and support customer technical discussions.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and Manufacturing to validate product capability, manufacturability, lead times, and technical risks.
• Support technical and commercial evaluation of project requirements, including product configuration, materials, accessories, and installation considerations.
• Prepare and review technical documentation, including busway layouts, one-line diagrams, equipment schedules, specifications, and submittal information.
• Provide technical support during customer meetings, design reviews, presentations, and site visits as required.
• Identify value-engineering opportunities to improve cost, installation efficiency, lead time, and overall system performance.
• Provide feedback to support continuous improvement of busway products, configuration tools, estimating tools, and application standards.

Qualifications

• Provide technical expertise in the selection, sizing, configuration, and application of busway systems, including feeder busway, plug-in busway, tap-off boxes, fittings, and accessories.
• Review customer specifications, one-line diagrams, equipment layouts, and project requirements to develop appropriate busway solutions.
• Develop busway layouts and configurations considering ampacity, voltage, short-circuit ratings, voltage drop, routing, tap-off locations, installation requirements, and system scalability.
• Ensure solutions comply with applicable NEC, UL 857, NEMA, IEEE, and other relevant standards and codes.
• Translate customer concepts and project requirements into practical and manufacturable designs aligned with available product platforms.
• Partner with Sales to develop technical proposals, clarify scope, identify deviations and exclusions, and support customer technical discussions.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and Manufacturing to validate product capability, manufacturability, lead times, and technical risks.
• Support technical and commercial evaluation of project requirements, including product configuration, materials, accessories, and installation considerations.
• Prepare and review technical documentation, including busway layouts, one-line diagrams, equipment schedules, specifications, and submittal information.
• Provide technical support during customer meetings, design reviews, presentations, and site visits as required.
• Identify value-engineering opportunities to improve cost, installation efficiency, lead time, and overall system performance.
• Provide feedback to support continuous improvement of busway products, configuration tools, estimating tools, and application standards.

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Time Travel Required

• 10%

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES

Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• High-Performance Culture
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

OUR 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

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

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