Sr. Application Engineer - Thermal

Vertiv Corporation; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv Corporation seeks a Sr. Application Engineer, Thermal to support account teams with technical solutions, analyses and proposals for key customers.

You will interface with Product Management and Design teams to ensure proposal compliance and capture customer requirements for Vertiv Thermal products. You will develop technical responses, perform energy analyses, one-line diagrams, CFD studies, and other engineering deliverables, while coordinating with bid teams and global engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 4–8 years of industry technical experience.
• Service industry experience with electrical distribution systems and service products.
• Strong computer skills including MS Office and data analysis.
• Creative problem solving with minimal supervision.
• Strategic thinking to set account objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and bid assistance for assigned accounts throughout the sales cycle.
• Serve as a trusted advisor delivering technical expertise to support customer objectives.
• Collaborate with Bid Teams to ensure Vertiv solutions meet requirements and design intent.
• Develop technical responses including performance modeling and CFD studies.
• Prepare and submit technical product submittals for customer bids.
• Evaluate Vertiv and competitive solutions with technical analysis and recommendations.
• Partner with Technical Leads to ensure accurate scoping in proposals.

Skills

Engineering degree

4–8 years experience

Customer interaction

MS Office

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sr. Application Engineer, Thermal is responsible for supporting account teams with technical solutions, analysis and proposals for assigned accounts and other key customer projects to enable Vertiv to win thermal solution opportunities. This role will interface with the appropriate Vertiv Product Management or Design teams to ensure compliance with project proposals and to provide input as to customer needs into the business. Interface with customers and the Consulting Engineering community to share technical knowledge around Vertiv products.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical support and bid assistance for assigned customer accounts throughout the sales cycle.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers, delivering technical expertise and guidance to support their business and infrastructure objectives.
• Collaborate with Bid Teams, Sales Offices, and Account Teams to analyze technical specifications and ensure Vertiv solutions align with customer requirements and design intent.
• Develop and deliver technical responses to customers and consultants, including performance modeling, energy analysis, one-line diagrams, CFD studies, and other engineering deliverables.
• Prepare, review, and submit technical product submittals in support of customer bid opportunities.
• Evaluate Vertiv and competitive solutions, providing technical analysis and recommendations that support successful project outcomes.
• Partner with Technical Leads to review bid requirements and ensure all required products and services are accurately scoped and included in customer proposals.
• Support the development and execution of technical proposals and bid packages.
• Work closely with Offering Management and Design Management teams to communicate customer requirements and support continuous product improvement.
• Develop and maintain expertise in the application, operation, and controls of Vertiv Thermal products.
• Identify opportunities to improve Order-to-Commissioning processes and recommend best practices.
• Deliver technical presentations and training to customers, consulting engineers, and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Vertiv's global technical teams to support regional and global customer opportunities.
• Participate in factory witness testing, product validation activities, and performance testing with customers and laboratory teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or related field of study (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 4-8 years of industry technical experience.
• Service industry experience required with knowledge of electrical distribution systems, critical space environments, service products, and clients.
• Strong computer skills including editing, formatting, and using templates in all Microsoft Office programs, use of Internet for standards/products/manufacturer research, and operation of computer-controlled test equipment.
• A high degree of creative ability and independent judgment, working with minimal supervision.
• The ability to think and act strategically, utilizing account plans to set specific account objectives.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• Ability to take after-hour calls during nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED

20%

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

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

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

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