Senior Data Center Power Applications Engineer

SMT Co.; Raleigh, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

401k with company match

PTO and Paid Holidays

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Rise Power Systems seeks a Senior Applications Engineer to own RFQ and specification review, select and configure low-voltage power distribution solutions, and develop complete technical quotes for data center projects.

You will coordinate with customers and vendors, prepare proposal packages, and drive handoff with Engineering and Sales, ensuring accurate execution in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in applications engineering, sales engineering, product engineering, estimating, or technical proposal development.
• Direct experience with data center, mission-critical, electrical manufacturing, or low-voltage power distribution equipment.
• Reading and interpreting customer specifications, one-line diagrams, electrical drawings, and technical requirements.
• Strong understanding of electrical power distribution concepts (voltage, current, breakers, short-circuit, grounding, monitoring).
• Experience independently developing technical quotations, proposal packages, customer submittals, or engineered-to-order solutions.
• Strong customer-facing and cross-functional communication with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, vendors, and customers.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment with detail orientation and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Independently review RFQs, specifications, diagrams, and technical requirements for data center and critical power applications.
• Select and configure low-voltage power distribution solutions (RPPs, HDRPPs, PDUs, switchboards, transformers, breakers, monitoring).
• Develop complete technical quote packages with configurations, options, exclusions, assumptions, and inputs.
• Identify specification gaps and risks needing clarification before quotation or execution.
• Provide technical guidance to customers and Sales during opportunity development.
• Coordinate with vendors to obtain pricing, lead times, data, documentation, and support.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Project Management, and Sales for accurate handoff and execution.
• Improve engineering tools and processes including costing tools, templates, configuration tools, and docs.

Skills

Data center exp

Low-voltage power

Proposal development

Customer coordination

One-line diagrams

Spec interpretation

Cross-functional comms

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

CPQ tools

Pricing tools

Job description

Rise Power Systems seeks a Senior Applications Engineer to own RFQ and specification review, select and configure low-voltage power distribution solutions, and develop complete technical quotes for data center projects.

You will coordinate with customers and vendors, prepare proposal packages, and drive handoff with Engineering and Sales, ensuring accurate execution in a fast-paced environment.