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Senior Engineer – Code Compliance (Thermal)

Thermal Management Products | Vertiv Power and Thermal Management

Position Summary

The Senior Engineer – Code Compliance (Thermal) is the compliance owner for Vertiv thermal management product lines. The role ensures that product designs, engineering documentation, thermal systems, components, submittals, and certification deliverables comply with applicable product safety standards, refrigerant and pressure-equipment regulations, energy-performance requirements, customer specifications, and regional regulatory expectations.

This role is intended for a senior engineer with 5–10 years of experience in thermal/HVAC product engineering, product safety, certification support, design review, or code compliance for data center, HVAC, industrial, or critical infrastructure products. The role acts as a compliance checkpoint in the product development process and works closely with the Electrical Code Compliance engineer on the electrical content of thermal products and on integrated power/thermal systems.

Product Scope Product FamilyScope

Key Responsibilities Thermal Product Compliance

• Review thermal product designs and documentation for CRAC, fan wall, AHU, XDU, chiller, air cooling, liquid cooling, heat rejection, and heat reuse systems.
• Conduct compliance review of submittals, airflow summaries, unit drawings, component performance, fan data, filter data, electrical cabinet heat calculations, safety notes, and component specification sheets.
• Ensure thermal product designs comply with applicable HVAC/thermal equipment safety standards (including UL 1995 and UL/IEC 60335-2-40), UL 508A for associated control panels, customer specifications, and regional regulatory expectations.
• Verify alignment with pressure-equipment requirements (PED, ASME) for chillers and pressurized refrigerant/hydronic circuits, and with AHRI performance certification and ASHRAE 90.1 efficiency requirements where applicable.

Refrigerant & Regulatory Readiness

• Lead refrigerant compliance reviews for cooling products, including refrigerant safety classification, charge limits, and system safety requirements under ASHRAE 15 / ASHRAE 34 and UL/IEC 60335-2-40.
• Track and assess low-GWP refrigerant transition requirements, including the EU F-gas Regulation and US EPA refrigerant rules, and their impact on current and planned products.
• Support LEED and BREEAM credit documentation for thermal products used in data center projects, where applicable.

Testing, Commissioning & Field Documentation

• Review and verify testing, commissioning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting documentation, Method Statements, Risk Assessments, Site Acceptance Test procedures, and incident documentation where relevant to compliance deliverables.

Standards & Certification Support

• Interpret and apply applicable product safety, environmental, and regional standards during NPD, sustaining engineering, customer projects, product changes, and product release activities.
• Conduct compliance assessments during design reviews with engineering, product management, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and business unit teams to identify risks early and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain compliance checklists, standards matrices, technical justifications, evidence packages, compliance reports, and audit-ready documentation.
• Coordinate with internal compliance teams, certification bodies, suppliers, and product teams on certification evidence, product approvals, component changes, and change-impact assessments on existing certifications.
• Collaborate with the Electrical Code Compliance engineer on shared product content and on integrated power/thermal system compliance.

Compliance Oversight & Authority

• Act as the compliance checkpoint at key product development milestones (concept, design freeze, pre-certification, and pre-release) for thermal product lines.
• Approve compliance deliverables or place them on hold where non-conformances exist, and recommend rejection; final release decisions on unresolved items are escalated to engineering leadership.
• Maintain a non-compliance and corrective-action tracking log, and produce periodic compliance status reports for engineering leadership and management.
• Escalate unresolved compliance risks to senior management when product teams do not close identified non-conformances within agreed timelines.
• Monitor changes to applicable standards, codes, and regulations, and assess their impact on current and upcoming thermal product lines.
• Conduct compliance awareness sessions and provide guidance to product engineering teams on new or updated standards and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications AreaRequirement

Desirable Qualifications

• Prior experience in data center infrastructure, thermal management, cooling systems, or mission-critical products.
• Experience with thermal products such as CRAC, fan wall, AHU, Liquid Cooling Distribution Unit , chillers, direct expansion systems, chilled water systems, liquid cooling, heat rejection, and heat reuse systems.
• Hands-on experience with A2L refrigerant transitions and low-GWP product redesign or requalification.
• Experience supporting LEED and BREEAM credit documentation for equipment used in data center projects.
• Familiarity with product certifications and regional compliance requirements across North America, Europe, and global markets.
• Former mechanical code compliance official

Main Compliance Standards / Codes to Focus On CategoryStandards / Codes

Technical Skills Required

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Detail-oriented review mindset
• Ability to challenge design assumptions constructively
• Standards-first and safety-first mindset
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Continuous improvement mindset

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

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture

• Customer Focus

• Operational Excellence

• Innovation

• Financial Strength

VERTIV 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

• Promote transparent & open communication

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.

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