System Controls Solution Architect

Who are we?

At Vertiv, we’re on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines, from push notifications to generative AI. We design, manufacture, and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected. With $6.9 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries, we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.

We are currently seeking a System Controls Solution Architect to join our dynamic team in Piove di Sacco (PD), Italy!

The Thermal System Controls Architect will be responsible for defining the technical and commercial architecture of Vertiv’s system-level thermal controls and optimization solutions for customer projects. The role will cover the full thermal chain, including CDU systems, secondary fluid network management, pumps, chillers, heat rejection systems, heat reuse applications and plant-level optimization solutions. This position will translate customer requirements, project specifications and site constraints into a complete controls solution, including hardware architecture, software scope, integration requirements, commercial assumptions, economics, risks, exclusions and upselling opportunities. The Architect will act as a bridge between Offering Management, Sales, Application Engineering, Controls Development, Project Execution, Commissioning and Service teams, ensuring that each opportunity is properly scoped, costed, documented and handed over for successful execution.

What kind of work will you be doing?

• Define the system architecture for Vertiv’s thermal controls and optimization solutions on customer projects.

• Support solutions such as the Chilled Water Manager and Optimizer, Secondary Fluid Network Manager and future system-level thermal control platforms.

• Analyze customer specifications, sequence of operation documents, P&IDs, system architecture, equipment lists and project requirements.

• Define the required hardware and software scope for each project.

• Identify required PLC/control hardware, I/O architecture, communication interfaces, HMI/SCADA requirements, software modules and integration points.

• Define how the controls solution interfaces with CDU systems, secondary fluid networks, pumps, chillers, heat rejection equipment, heat reuse systems and higher-level supervisory platforms.

• Support the commercial definition of the offering for specific opportunities, including scope, assumptions, exclusions, risks and deliverables.

• Support project economics, budgetary estimates, cost build-up, pricing inputs and margin analysis.