Life Safety & Fire System Designer
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Job Location:
Saint Louis, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WE ARE OFFERING A $5000 BONUS $5000 RELOCATION BONUS
Overview
The Fire Systems Design Engineer plays a mission-critical role in shaping safe compliant and innovative fire and life safety solutions for some of the most complex environments in the U.S. In this role youll bring deep technical expertise in fire alarm voice evacuation and mass notification systems to partner with Sales Operations and customers. From university campuses to national retail chains your designs will protect lives ensure compliance and enhance customer confidence.
Youll be the go-to technical consultant guiding stakeholders from initial requirements through design compliance and installationtranslating customer goals into reliable scalable fire and security systems.
Responsibilities
Design Advanced Fire & Life Safety Solutions: Engineer systems ranging from sprinkler monitoring to multi-panel mass notification systems spanning corporate or campus environments.
Consult & Advise: Act as a trusted advisor to customers and sales teamsevaluating products interpreting bid specifications and recommending good/better/best design options.
Ensure Compliance & Standards: Apply NFPA IBC IFC and NICET standards to guarantee systems meet the highest safety and regulatory requirements.
Technical Leadership: Define system infrastructure including networking cabling conduit terminations and distributed equipment.
Risk & Value Engineering: Identify technical risks optimize for cost and reliability and ensure designs balance performance with efficiency.
Documentation & Drawings: Prepare permit-ready drawings bill of materials installation procedures and customer training documents.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with sales product and operations teams to align on scope resource estimates and installation readiness.
Innovation: Evaluate emerging fire/life safety technologies and contribute insights to the Product team for continuous improvement.
Qualifications
5 years recent experience designing and engineering fire alarm systems in commercial environments.
NICET II or III in Fire Alarm Systems strongly preferred.
Proficiency with AutoCAD 2022 Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.
Bachelors degree preferred (or equivalent technical expertise).
Expertise across fire alarm sprinkler access control and integrated security systems.
Strong understanding of supporting infrastructure (power UPS networking communications).
Ability to interpret floor plans mechanical structural and life safety drawings for design and code analysis.
Excellent communication skillscomfortable working directly with prospects sales reps and internal stakeholders.
Why This Role Stands Out
Impact: Your designs directly safeguard people and property across high-profile environments.
Innovation: Work with cutting-edge fire and mass notification technologies at scale.
Collaboration: Partner with sales operations and product leadership influencing both customer solutions and future product strategy.
Professional Growth: Build on your NICET expertise while staying at the forefront of fire/life safety technology.
Visibility: As a subject-matter expert youll be a critical voice in customer conversations and high-stakes proposals.
Interface Systems is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - all qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individuals age race color religion or creed national origin or ancestry sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender gender identity physical or mental disability veteran status genetic information ethnicity citizenship or any other characteristic protected by law. Such action shall include but not be limited to the following: Employment upgrading demotion or transfer recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; for rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training including apprenticeship.
If you need assistance or an accommodation in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process due to a disability please contact us at . Any information will be treated as confidential and only used for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation as part of the recruiting process.
Key Skills
- Customer Service
- NYC
- Building Evacuation
- Safety Directors
- Fire Wardens
- FSD
- Emergency
- Law Enforcement
- Security Staff
- Access Control
- Regular Basis
- Fire Department
- Fire Safety Plan
- Fire Command Station
- Life Safety Systems
