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Description
Satcon Technology Corporation is a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, enabling the industry's most advanced, reliable, and proven clean energy alternatives. For over 22 years, Satcon has designed and delivered the next generation of efficient energy systems for solar photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, wind-turbines, and energy storage systems.
Position Overview:
As Applications Engineer, you will support the product Sales Team, interfacing with customers, and preparing technical application materials and proposals related to the over-all PV Inverter product line. This includes face to face customer visits and power point presentations on occasion. You will work with the Systems Design Team as well as other Applications Engineers to produce the required drawings, array sizing, inverter option list, bills of materials, and requirements compliance matrices.
You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with Product Management, Product Marketing, Engineering and Manufacturing. You must have good communication skills to effectively interface with customers and ensure their technical needs are met.
Responsibilities:
- Follow up qualified leads to identify customer's needs and PV power system requirements.
- Help these prospects (and/or our Sales Representatives) configure the best solution possible utilizing our products and provide appropriate quotes.
- Follow up quotes, address questions as they arise and assist in moving the sale along to closing.
- Create spreadsheet analysis of technical and financial impacts for each system solution.
- Supervise field installations (occasionally)
Qualifications:
Special Qualifications or Background Needed:
- 5+ years of electrical power system related experience, preferably with 3-phase AC and applications with renewable energy sources.
- Field experience with solar electric power system installations
- Electrical system design experience a strong plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent teamwork skills
- Knowledgeable in power conditioning technology.
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering and related work experience a strong plus.
- This position requires travel to customer and non-customer sites, travel will primarily be throughout the western part of the US
To Apply:
Please send resumes ATTN: Mary Ann Janigian. Additional information about Satcon is available on our website. Visit our Booth at InterSolar.
We are an equal opportunity employer.