Senior Applications Engineer, Power
Savant Systems
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $135,000 - $155,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Evaluate and validate contractor system designs against Savant Power specifications, providing technical feedback on plans, schematics, and system layouts to ensure compliance and adherence to best practices.
- Partner with sales and new customers to translate their existing system experience (or competitive solutions) into Savant Power system designs, providing technical guidance on architecture and deployment options.
- Deliver technical training and education at industry events, distributor workshops, and trade shows to educate partners and customers on Savant Power capabilities and deployment best practices.
- Champion product improvements by synthesizing customer feedback (both wins and challenges) and delivering insights to Product Management and Engineering to guide future development.
- Keep pace with emerging residential battery storage programs and incentives—including Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems, Virtual Power Plants, and rebate/financing opportunities—to identify ways Savant Power can better serve customers and capture new market segments.
- Stay informed on building and fire codes, with particular attention to regional variations, to advise the company on compliance requirements and identify code-driven business opportunities.
- Provide on-site technical support for key customer deployments and complex installations to ensure successful execution and gather real-world implementation insights.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in the residential solar industry, with a preference for experience with Behind-the-Meter (BTM) and Distributed Energy Resources (DER) assets.
- Proven ability to analyze electrical, structural, mechanical, and architectural drawings
- Ability to break down complex engineering concepts for working with non-technical stake holders.
- Experience managing multiple projects operating concurrently providing concise feedback on project status to identify critical conditions.
- Thrives on both team wins and individual contribution
- Embrace rapid change in a startup-minded company operating in an industry navigating significant evolution.
- Engineering degree not required. Industry experience is more important than education.
- Must be able to read plans.
- Must understand the latest codes and regulations.
- Must have experience seeing power systems being built.
Benefits
- medical / dental insurance
- vision plan
- pet insurance
- FSA / HSA
- 12 paid holidays
- permissive time off policy
- 401k plan with employer match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
system design evaluationtechnical feedbackarchitecture guidancetechnical trainingcustomer feedback synthesison-site technical supportproject managementelectrical drawing analysismechanical drawing analysisarchitectural drawing analysis
Soft skills
communicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycustomer educationtechnical guidanceproject status reportingstakeholder engagementinsight deliveryindividual contribution