Application Engineer - Automation

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks an Application Engineer - Automation to train field staff, stay current on industry tech, and contribute to product literature and demonstrations. The role requires electrical engineering fundamentals, 2+ years in power systems or automation, and travel up to 25%.

Excellent communication, documentation, and teamwork are essential, with opportunities to support proposals, validation, and customer-facing demonstrations.

Qualifications

• 2+ years working knowledge of electric power systems, communication, and automation practices.
• Excellent technical training, speaking, documentation, and writing skills.
• Willingness to travel 25%.
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Background check and negative drug test as required.

Responsibilities

• Train SEL field technical support staff on R&D products and technologies.
• Maintain an understanding of industry technology and SEL products.
• Author service bulletins, application literature, instruction manuals, and data sheets.
• Perform competitive analysis.
• Develop project use cases.
• Establish and perform validation testing.
• Create product demonstrations.
• Participate in preparing technical proposals and commercial bids.
• Contribute to existing and new product specifications.
• Perform special studies and tests as needed by customers.
• Participate in SEL sales and marketing activities and industry technical meetings.
• Understand, create, simplify.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Power systems knowledge

Automation practices

Technical writing

Documentation

Speaking skills

Travel willingness

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Job description

SEL invents, designs, and builds digitais products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability and safety at a reduced cost. A 100 percent employee-owned company headquartered in Pullman, Washington, SEL has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers worldwide.

Our mission is simple: to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical

About the Role: Application Engineer - Automation

Key Responsibilities:

1. 1. Train SEL field technical support staff (internal and external) on R&D products and technologies.
2. 2. Maintain an understanding of industry technology and SEL products.
3. 3. Author service bulletins, application literature, instruction manuals, and data sheets.
4. 4. Perform competitive analysis.
5. 5. Develop project use cases.
6. 6. Establish and perform validation testing.
7. 7. Create product demonstrations.
8. 8. Participate in the preparation of technical proposals and commercial bids.
9. 9. Contribute to existing and new product specifications.
10. 10. Perform special studies and tests as needed by customers.
11. 11. Participate in SEL sales and marketing activities and industry technical meetings and conferences.
12. 12. Understand. Create. Simplify.
13. 13. Other duties as assigned.

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years working knowledge of electric power systems, communication, and/or automation practices and philosophies
• Excellent technical training, speaking, documentation, and writing skills
• Willingness to travel 25%
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL
• Negative drug test result(s)