Sales Engineer
About the job
Power the Future with us!
SolarEdge (NASDAQ: SEDG), is a global leader in high-performance smart energy technology, with over 5000 employees, offices in 34 countries, and millions of products installed in over 133 countries.
Our diverse product offering comprises intelligent solar inverters, battery storage, backup systems, EV charging, and complete home energy management ecosystems.
By leveraging world-class engineering capabilities and with a relentless focus on innovation, we strive to create a world where clean, green energy from the sun is the primary source of power for our homes, businesses, and just about everywhere we thrive.
SolarEdge Technologies Energy Storage division is looking to recruit a pre-sales engineer. As a pre-sales engineer, the candidate will be actively participating in qualifying, bidding, and winning tenders. The candidate will be required to perform market analysis, feasibility studies, risk analysis, EOI/RFI/RFQ/RFP reviews, prepare technical proposals, define project schedule, attend and/or present in pre-tender meetings and deliver technical trainings to customers.
The ideal candidate has solid hands-on experience leading and managing pre-sales activities for stationary energy storage and/or infrastructure projects; demonstrates initiative, clear-headed problem solving, and mastery of the tactical details for each project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- The successful candidate will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Product Marketing, Q&R and R&D. Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to;
- Identifying, gathering, and developing market trend data and potential business opportunities.
- Review customer RFI/RFPs, conduct feasibility studies and risk analysis, and determine compliance to technical requirements.
- Plan, develop, and manage technical proposals and/or reports based on customer RFI/RFPs.
- Prepare responses to all technical queries in the bidding stage.
- Attend on/off-line technical and/or pre-tender meetings to provide technical support.
- Monitor progress and performance of pre-sales activities, taking actions to optimize the quality of technical support.
- Identify ways to develop and improve internal processes to reduce turn around times and minimize delays.
- Maintain standard and non-standard internal/external technical documents. (Technical proposals, study reports, project document deliverables, all technical materials, etc.)
- Provide technical support to project managers when carrying out complex projects. Locally support project management activities, as needed.
- BS in engineering and 4+ years of pre-sales or project management experience. Prior work in small – medium scale stationary energy storage industry (C&I and Utility sector), as a sales engineer is desirable.
- Proven experience managing all aspects of RFI/RFPs, including but not limited to system design, standards compliance, etc.
- Multitasking capability to manage numerous tasks in parallel.
- In depth knowledge of battery system design, system integration, power integration and utility design process.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Cognizant of cost, schedule implications and able to make recommendations which benefit the bottom line.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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SolarEdge proudly seeks to build a richly diverse workforce by hiring people with a diversity of thoughts, identities, perspectives, and experiences that help advance the difference we make for consumers, and by ensuring our people experience equity and inclusion in their work lives. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQIA people, people of color, and people with disabilities.
