# Principal Application Engineer

Role purpose The Principal Application Engineer is the deep technical authority for a domain of the Power portfolio - including integrated solutions. The role sets design direction and standards, owns the reference architectures others build on, and coordinates internal specialists and third parties on the hardest technical questions. It leads through technical authority rather than people management, and it is not the primary customer interface: it brings the deep dive when Technical Sales opens the door. The Principal AE holds final technical authority on product configuration and on the non-standard or architectural questions escalated by Application Engineering and Pre-Sales Engineering. Role scope Domain technical authority for one of Critical Power Systems (UPS, batteries, AI load, grid), Power Distribution & Integration (MV, LV, busway) or Engineered Solutions (Power SKID, ETO, modular): reference architectures, design standards, senior review, mentoring and third-party coordination. Key accountabilities Own the reference architectures and design rules for the domain, and keep them current as the technology moves. Own simulation and digital-twin based design validation for t

- **Id**: 3684985
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vertiv-principal-application-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Burnfoot, Ireland
- **Countries**: IE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T09:44:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T09:59:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6334
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Servers & Data Center Hardware, Power Supplies & Power Electronics, HVAC & Refrigeration

## Company

- **Id**: 58885
- **Name**: Vertiv
- **Domain**: vertiv.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vertiv>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 460
- **Ghost share**: 0.004
- **Stale share**: 0.863
- **Repost share**: 0.009
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **Digital Twin** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T14:36:21Z

## Visa

- Country: IE; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Irish employment permits in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 62
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.624
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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