Sales Application Engineer (EE24051)

Job # EE24051

Job Title Sales Application Engineer

Remote Office Location TX, OK, CO, UT, AZ, WI, IL preferred

Business Function/Department Energy & Infrastructure Solutions/Sales Application Engineering/Renewable Energy Systems

Sales Territory, if applicable Midwest USA

General Role Description

Prepare timely and accurate commercial proposals and technical specifications to support sales function for solar power photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system projects.  Create a network of commercial and technical evaluator relationships with clients and vendors to define integrated solutions and build a pipeline of potential business within the photovoltaic inverter market. 

Role Accountabilities

-   Prepare and deliver presentations at technical conferences and meetings with clients, at client sites as necessary or assigned

-   Track competitive environment to identify new products and technology and provide comparative analyses to the commercial and R&D teams

-   Track competitor's offerings, assess client situations, and propose competitive options applicable to the clients' individual needs

-   Monitor industry trends to recommend new product and service features

-   Identify, recommend, and as requested, develop new solutions, products, and applications to drive business growth

-   Review brochures for technical accuracy

-   Provide product and system feedback and service opportunities for improvement to appropriate management

-   Identify enhanced product or service feature needs by soliciting feedback from clients

-   Evaluate supplier proposals to determine the best technical and most economical solution for the application

-   Develop pricing strategies to maximize project margins

-   Prepare detailed cost elements for the technical specification

-   Design competitive and viable technical approaches to resolve client issues

-   Define solutions that include hardware and software requirements for a project, in collaboration with clients and original equipment manufacturers (OEM's)

-   Effectively communicate these requirements to the clients and internal engineering team

-   Provide technical guidance in the preparation, review, and final commercial proposal generation to client

-   Lead technical and commercial proposal development for small projects with limited supervision

-   Prepare commercial proposals and technical specifications to meet clients' Request for Quote (RFQ) requirements

Minimum Qualifications

-   Bachelor of Science in electrical or mechanical engineering or equivalent education and/or work experience

-   2 years' systems or application engineering experience in the PV industry or related industry power systems experience

-   Demonstrated success as contributing member in project team

-   Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

-   Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills

-   Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility

-   Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook

-   Availability to travel domestically, approximately 30%, and internationally, occasionally, with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

-   5 or more years' systems or application engineering experience in the PV industry or related power systems experience

-   Demonstrated success in client facing, sales or marketing related assignments

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