Fire Design Applications Engineer

🔥 13 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $86k - $116k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💻 Application Engineer

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Johnson Controls

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1885

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Construction • Healthcare • Logistics

Johnson Controls is a global leader in creating smart building technologies, software, and services. With over 100,000 employees across 150 countries, the company offers the world's largest portfolio in HVAC equipment, building automation, and control systems. Their innovative solutions include industrial refrigeration, fire detection, and security systems, enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Johnson Controls is committed to helping customers achieve their sustainability goals with technologies like OpenBlue, which provides real-time data visibility and management systems for optimizing building performance. Their services span from digital solutions for energy management to advanced security and fire safety systems.

📋 Description

• Support government national accounts with technical presales engineering and proposal development for complex fire alarm and mass notification projects • Develop complete scopes of work, equipment lists, sequences of operations, and labor estimates • Review bid specifications, contract drawings, code narratives, and customer requirements • Prepare exception lists, compliance matrices, technical take-offs, and clarification questions for customers or AHJ review • Develop product pricing by gathering quotes from manufacturers, vendors, and subcontractors • Apply fire alarm, detection, notification, emergency communications, mass notification, and related life safety products to meet project requirements and applicable codes • Value engineer project specifications while maintaining code compliance, constructability, customer satisfaction, and project profitability • Review equipment applications, research approved alternatives, and confirm compatibility with existing and proposed systems • Evaluate and test fire alarm, detection, notification, and mass notification solutions in lab or demonstration environments • Survey existing installations and document findings, design assumptions, and proposed upgrade, replacement, expansion, or modernization solutions • Coordinate system drawings and design details with the CAD team using AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and related design tools • Partner with Field Engineering, Field Operations, Sales, and Service teams to ensure designs are executable and aligned with customer expectations • Protect Federal Government data and documents by following restricted data handling protocols, including CUI and other sensitive information standards • Produce accurate, traceable scopes, estimates, and proposal documents from initial review through handoff • Clarify bid documents, code requirements, site conditions, and customer expectations early • Apply lessons learned from field feedback, design reviews, and code interpretation • Collaborate with Sales, Field Engineering, Operations, Service, CAD, subcontractors, manufacturers, and federal customers • Capture labor, materials, programming, testing, documentation, and closeout needs before proposal finalization • Communicate design decisions, risks, exceptions, and recommended alternatives clearly

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent experience • Minimum of five years of system design, estimating, technical support, or field experience with fire alarm, life safety, emergency communications, or related low-voltage systems • Strong understanding of fire alarm system architecture, detection, notification, voice evacuation, releasing systems, fire alarm networking, annunciation, and integration with building systems • Experience interpreting federal fire alarm and life safety requirements, including applicable NFPA standards, UFC criteria, and customer-specific agency requirements • Ability to interpret RFPs, contract drawings, code requirements, and AHJ expectations and convert them into compliant scopes and proposal documents • Experience with one or more fire alarm platforms such as Simplex, Autocall, Notifier, EST, Siemens, Fire-Lite, or equivalent systems • Strong technical knowledge of system layouts, device spacing, riser diagrams, sequence of operations, voltage-drop concepts, battery calculations, and fire alarm communications • High proficiency with AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and related design tools • Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to work independently and in a team environment • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills • Ability to set priorities, make decisions, and ensure follow-through across multiple stakeholders • Ability to travel • U.S. citizenship and the ability to pass Government Agency background investigations • NICET certification in Fire Alarm Systems, or the ability to obtain it • Experience supporting government accounts or other highly regulated customer environments • Additional experience evaluating, modernizing, or replacing legacy fire alarm and mass notification systems • Exposure to lab testing, product demonstrations, or field validation of life safety solutions

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Bonus plan considering individual, group, and corporate performance • Competitive benefits package • Paid vacation • Paid holidays • Sick time • Collaborative environment • Opportunities for cross-training • Opportunity to build deep expertise in fire alarm and life safety solutions • Strong focus on safety and teamwork