Application Engineering Manager - LVS
Vertiv · Atlanta, GA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management manufacturing role at Vertiv (industrial) in Atlanta, GA. Product Application Support.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), AutoCAD
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Georgia: typical posted base $85k–$158k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 44 manufacturing engineer openings in Georgia, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Georgia plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 43 other live manufacturing postings in Georgia.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (5+ vs 8+)
Typical $85k–$158k, from 16 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Automation 34%
- Tooling 34%
- Lean 27%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 25%
- Root cause 23%
- Robotics 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for AutoCAD, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Vertiv in Atlanta
1 other open role at this site.
- Application Engineering Manager - MV · Manufacturing · Manager
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Position summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Application Engineering Manager to support our Low Voltage (LV) power distribution portfolio. This role focuses on LV switchgear and switchboard solutions, including UL 1558 switchgear, UL 891 switchboards, power distribution systems, and related critical power infrastructure applications. This position will play a key role in the application, technical evaluation, design support, and optimization of LV power distribution solutions, ensuring alignment with customer specifications, project requirements, and applicable industry standards. This includes supporting hyperscale, data center, commercial, and industrial applications while working closely with sales, engineering, operations, and customers to develop competitive and technically compliant solutions. The primary responsibility of this role is to support technical solution development for LV switchgear and switchboard applications, including product configuration, design validation, technical compliance review, and coordination with internal engineering and manufacturing teams. The individual will ensure solutions align with design requirements, manufacturing capabilities, delivery expectations, and overall business objectives, while maintaining strong commercial awareness and operational alignment.
The ideal candidate will possess strong technical knowledge of LV power distribution systems, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to balance customer requirements, operational capabilities, and technical execution in a fast-paced presales environment.
Responsibilities
- ◆Product Application Support:
- ◆Provide technical expertise in the selection and application of UL 1558, UL 891 and UL 67 products
- ◆Assist customers in the design and configuration of power distribution systems to meet their project specifications.
- ◆Technical Solutions Development:
- ◆Develop custom solutions based on customer requirements, considering efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
- ◆Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product compatibility and performance.
- ◆Project Collaboration:
- ◆Partner with sales and engineering teams to review specifications, create proposals, and provide technical input during the sales process.
- ◆Participate in project planning, risk assessment, and technical reviews.
- ◆Customer Interaction:
- ◆Act as a liaison between the company and customers, resolving technical inquiries and ensuring satisfaction with delivered solutions.
- ◆Conduct customer presentations, training, and site visits as needed.
- ◆Documentation and Reporting:
- ◆Prepare technical documentation, including system layouts, schematics, and equipment specifications.
- ◆Maintain accurate records of customer interactions and project details.
- ◆Provide feedback for the development of existing and future configuration tools.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- ✓5+ years of experience in power distribution, electrical systems, or a similar field.
- ✓Experience with power distribution equipment, electrical codes, and standards (e.g., ANSI, NEC, IEEE, IEC, UL, and NEMA).
- ✓Experience with the design and application of Medium Voltage products and power systems/ power delivery.
- ✓Skills and Competencies:
- ✓Proficiency in design and modeling software (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit, or similar).
- ✓Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- ✓Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for customer interactions and internal collaboration.
- ✓Minimum 5 years of proven experience within the Medium Voltage industry
- ✓Demonstrated success in working within small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- ✓Proven ability to adapt to flat or evolving organizational structures, prioritizing initiative over routine.
- ✓Candidates must demonstrate experience contributing to or leading change in organizations, particularly in environments undergoing rapid growth or structural evolution.
Time travel required
- ✓10%
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
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Physical & environmental demands
- •Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
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.
