Vertiv is seeking to add a Application Engineering Specialist to our high performing team!

Vertiv is adding a new team member — someone who is 100% team-oriented, self-driven, and technically proficient. The global economy is electrifying, driven by the surge in AI, and at Vertiv we Power and Cool this transformation.

This role suits someone who thrives in a technically driven, hands-on environment with minimal functional management — tackling a variety of challenges while gaining exposure to Power & Thermal design in Asia markets.

The Senior Application Engineer (SAE) provides technical leadership in the design, application, and proposal development of data centre thermal infrastructure solutions — including Cooling, CRAC, CRAH, Chilled Water Systems, In-Row Cooling, Liquid Cooling, Containment, and Thermal Management. The role supports sales pursuits, bid activities, consultant engagement, and customer projects while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring high-quality engineering deliverables that balance compliance, performance, risk, and profitability.

Who we are:

Nearly all aspects of our lives involve the use of technology. It’s how we work, play & do anything in between. This connectivity or use of data is built into the very fabric of our society. It’s vital to human progress.

Vertiv believes there’s a better way to meet this accelerating demand for data — one driven by passion & innovation.

As industry experts & Architects of Continuity, we collaborate with our customers to envision & build future-ready infrastructures. We leverage our portfolio of hardware, software, analytics, & services, to ensure our customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally & scale with business needs.

Why Join Vertiv?

- Meaningful & Fulfilling Work

- Collaborative Culture

- Global Career Opportunities

- Inspiring & Caring Leaders in the industry

- Recharge Your Potential!

Salary & Perks:

- Base + Super

- Regular training & career progression

- OEM-specific & industry-leading training

- Be part of a top-tier team in a world-class company

Responsibilities





- Lead thermal solution design for medium to large-scale data center opportunities.

- Develop optimized cooling architectures based on customer requirements and design objectives.

- Evaluate alternative solutions to improve competitiveness, efficiency, and lifecycle performance.

- Ensure technical compliance with specifications, standards, and customer requirements.

- Provide technical ownership for complex thermal projects and strategic bids.

- Perform cooling capacity calculations and equipment sizing.

- Develop cooling system layouts and thermal infrastructure architecture.

- Review and validate heat load calculations, cooling redundancy designs, airflow management strategies, chilled water system configurations and liquid cooling system designs

- Support CFD analysis and interpretation of thermal performance studies.

- Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality and accuracy requirements.

- Lead technical solution development for tender and bid submissions.

- Own thermal engineering deliverables including technical proposals, compliance matrices, datasheets, BOMs, design drawings, technical clarifications

- Support value engineering initiatives to improve win rate and margin performance.

- Participate in technical reviews and risk assessments before submission.

- Conduct technical presentations and solution workshops.

- Engage consultants during specification development and design stages.

- Support sales teams in customer meetings, technical discussions, and bid clarification sessions.

- Act as a trusted advisor on thermal infrastructure and cooling technologies.

- Influence solution specifications toward Vertiv technologies and best practices.





- Identify technical risks associated with proposed solutions.

- Evaluate non-standard requirements and custom configurations.

- Recommend mitigation plans for design, performance, or delivery risks.

- Escalate critical risks to management and appropriate stakeholders.

- Work closely with Sales Teams, Bid Management, Product Management, Factory Engineering, Procurement, Service Teams and Regional Application Engineering Teams to ensure successful solution development and customer support.

- Drive solution standardization and reusable design frameworks.

- Evaluate emerging cooling technologies, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, rear door heat exchangers, immersion cooling and high-density AI infrastructure cooling

- Provide market intelligence on competitor thermal solutions.

- Support development of tools, calculators, design guides, and engineering standards.

- Mentor Application Engineers and junior thermal engineers.

- Conduct technical coaching and knowledge-sharing sessions.

- Support competency development across the Application Engineering organization.

- Review engineering outputs and provide technical guidance.

Required Knowledge, Experience, Skills, and Abilities

Proven exposure and track record as follows:

- Display a proactive flexible approach to working within a team setting.

- University/College Degree or professional qualification in Mechanical Engineering. Major in Refrigeration, or HVAC is preferable.

- Minimum 3~5 years’ experience in related application & technical field. Experience with Data Center / CRAC units.

- Understanding the Data Center Standard has added advantages (uptime, BICSI, DCDC, TIA).

- Ability to work effectively and diligently as an individual and team member.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- AutoCAD design skills and CFD (Computer Fluid Dynamic) simulation skill is added advantages.

- Experience supporting large data center projects is highly preferred.

- Experience with colocation, hyperscale, enterprise, or AI data center projects is advantageous

📌 Application Engineering Specialist - Thermal (Sydney)
🏢 Vertiv (Australia
📍 Sydney