Lead Engineer

Posted 2 Months Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Hardware • Software • Analytics
The Role
Lead cross-disciplinary electrical, mechanical, controls, and CAD teams to deliver IFC drawing packages, validate SOO and commissioning documentation, resolve technical clashes, oversee FATs, ensure build readiness, validate vendor interfaces, allocate engineering resources, identify integration risks, and mentor engineers to improve manufacturability and safety.
Summary Generated by Built In

Responsibilities:  Please list at least 5 duties/accountabilities. 
•    Lead and coordinate electrical, mechanical, controls, and CAD engineering teams to deliver complete and accurate IFC drawing packages (single-line diagrams, GA layouts, wiring schematics, HVAC/CFD layouts, grounding, fire systems, network architecture, etc.)
•    Review and validate SOO (Sequence of Operations) documentation for power, cooling, and controls systems to ensure alignment with solution architecture, customer specifications, and factory integration constraints.
•    Oversee preparation of commissioning documentation, including FAT scripts, test procedures, load-bank plans, protection coordination files, and integrated system validation steps
•    Resolve technical clashes early (e.g., cable routing congestion, skid structural capacity, UPS/battery clearances, busbar interfaces, PLC/SCADA points lists)
•    Review design packages (electrical, mechanical, controls) and ensure production teams fully understand the build requirements.
•    Conduct build readiness reviews with production, quality, HSE, and supply chain teams to ensure all materials, drawings, jigs, and procedures are released before production start.
•    Validate vendor-supplied equipment documentation and drawings for interface compliance and serviceability.
•    Allocate engineering resources and adjust workloads to meet build milestones and factory throughput targets.
•    Identify design, manufacturing, and integration risks early—e.g., long lead items, interface gaps, thermal/harmonic limits, integration delays, or commissioning complexities
•    Lead post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and improve future manufacturability, reliability, and cost performance.
•    Coach and mentor electrical, mechanical, and controls engineers to improve design quality, manufacturability awareness, and factory integration expertise.
•    Foster a culture of safety, precision, and accountability across engineering and production interactions.

Education & Certifications:  Please note minimum and preferred requirements for education.  This includes degree, specializations and certifications.  
Minimum 
•    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering – Electrical/ Mechanical

Requirements:  Please list all experience required to perform this job.  You may note some requirements as preferred. 
•    Around 5 years of experience in lead engineer role, factory operations, or manufacturing of electrical/mechanical assemblies.
•    Experience managing production work for prefabricated modules, data center equipment, power distribution units, or related industrial systems (preferred).
•    Strong understanding of low voltage electrical power systems, mechanical assemblies, cooling systems, and integrated modular solutions.
•    Proven ability to coordinate material readiness, production scheduling, resource planning, and cross-functional collaboration.
•    Experience in reviewing technical drawings and BOMs for electrical and mechanical assemblies.
•    Experience leading Factory Acceptance Tests and preparing FAT documentation.
•    Strong communication, documentation, and leadership skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary production teams.
•    Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and schedule discipline.
•    Fluent in English.

Years of Experience:  5-7 years
 

Travel Requirements: 10%



Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
  • Approximately 5 years experience in a lead engineer role, factory operations, or manufacturing of electrical/mechanical assemblies
  • Experience managing production work for prefabricated modules, data center equipment, power distribution units, or related industrial systems
  • Strong understanding of low-voltage electrical power systems, mechanical assemblies, cooling systems, and integrated modular solutions
  • Proven ability to coordinate material readiness, production scheduling, and resource planning
  • Experience reviewing technical drawings and Bills of Materials (BOMs) for electrical and mechanical assemblies
  • Experience leading Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and preparing FAT documentation
  • Experience with commissioning documentation, test procedures, load-bank planning, and protection coordination
  • Strong communication, documentation, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and schedule discipline
  • Fluent in English

Vertiv Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vertiv and has not been reviewed or approved by Vertiv.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.

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The Company
HQ: Columbus, OH
8,435 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications 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 extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.

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