Engineer I, Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Vertiv Group•Lorain, OH
•Onsite
About The Position
The Electrical Engineer, DC Power develops the electrical content within technical customer proposals for Vertiv's Modular Power Converters product line. This role works under the direction of the Project Proposals & Global Engineering Lead, producing technical specification documents, single-line diagrams, and customer-facing electrical content. A key responsibility is reviewing project designs developed by Global design teams to verify accuracy against customer expectations and requirements.
Requirements
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Experience in telecom or data center power infrastructure
- Familiarity with DC distribution architectures (48VDC, 54VDC, 800VDC)
- Experience with UL/NEC/IEC standards as applied to power distribution
- Previous proposal, bid, or design engineering role
- Experience with monitoring/control systems (SNMP, Modbus, CAN bus)
- Familiarity with thermal management in power systems
Responsibilities
- Draft electrical specification documents for customer packages, including single-line diagrams, power architecture layouts, and protection coordination schemes
- Perform load calculations and system sizing for DC power distribution configurations
- Create customer-facing electrical content - system descriptions, functional overviews, protection philosophy, and redundancy explanations
- Maintain proposal templates and standard electrical content library for reuse across bids
- Review project designs (electrical) under Proposals Lead for accuracy to customer expectations
- Verify requirements traceability - ensure every customer electrical requirement has a corresponding specification response
- Identify discrepancies between customer requirements and proposed design; escalate to Proposals Lead
- Collaborate with team members to ensure electrical and mechanical package content is consistent
- Support Global design teams with electrical specification clarifications during detailed design phase
- Support compliance team with electrical content for certification packages as needed
Benefits
- Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
