DC Power Engineer I - Electrical Systems & Proposals

Vertiv; Lorain (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv in Lorain, OH, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to develop electrical content for DC power in customer proposals. You will produce specifications, single-line diagrams, and system descriptions, and review designs for accuracy.

You will collaborate with global teams and maintain a reusable content library for bids. The role requires 2+ years in power systems, strong documentation skills, and proficiency with drawing tools such as Siemens Xpedition, AutoCAD Electrical or Visio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in power systems, power distribution, or power electronics design.
• Experience with single-line diagrams, power architecture layouts, and protection coordination for DC distribution.
• Experience with load calculations, system sizing, and protection device sizing.
• Ability to produce clear, customer-ready specification documents.
• Accuracy in translating customer requirements to design specifications.
• Proficiency with Siemens Xpedition (preferred), AutoCAD Electrical, Visio, or equivalent drawing tools.

Responsibilities

• Draft electrical specification documents for customer packages, including single-line diagrams and power layouts.
• Perform load calculations and system sizing for DC power distribution configurations.
• Create customer-facing electrical content—system descriptions and protection philosophy.
• Maintain proposal templates and standard electrical content library for reuse.
• Review project designs for accuracy to customer expectations.
• Verify requirements traceability for each customer electrical requirement.
• Identify discrepancies between customer requirements and proposed design and escalate.
• Collaborate with team to ensure electrical and mechanical content is consistent.
• Support global design teams with electrical content clarifications during detailed design.
• Support compliance with electrical content for certification packages as needed.

Skills

DC power design

Electrical design

Single-line diagrams

Load calculations

Documentation

AutoCAD Electrical

Siemens Xpedition

Visio

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Siemens Xpedition

AutoCAD Electrical

Visio

Job description

Vertiv in Lorain, OH, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to develop electrical content for DC power in customer proposals. You will produce specifications, single-line diagrams, and system descriptions, and review designs for accuracy.

You will collaborate with global teams and maintain a reusable content library for bids. The role requires 2+ years in power systems, strong documentation skills, and proficiency with drawing tools such as Siemens Xpedition, AutoCAD Electrical or Visio.