Lead Applications Engineer, Power Systems & Grids

IONATE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Option Plan

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Company pension

Career Development

Flexible working schedules

Cycle to Work Scheme

Slow travel

Job summary

IONATE, a deep technology scale-up, is seeking an Applications Engineer to lead customer-facing technical work—from initial conversations and bids to benchmarking and project delivery—and to grow within our world-class team.

This is a brand-new role as our Hybrid Intelligent Transformer moves from the lab into utilities, renewables, industrial sites and data centres. You will be the engineer customers turn to first and help shape how applications engineering works here.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Solid track record in applications, sales/proposal or project engineering with power systems or power electronics.
• Strong grasp of power systems fundamentals: three-phase, transformers, voltage regulation, reactive power, harmonics, power quality.
• Hands-on experience contributing technical content to bids, tenders, or proposals.
• Experience gathering and documenting customer requirements across sales, engineering and project teams.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear value propositions for engineers and commercial decision-makers.
• Familiarity with relevant standards and grid codes.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple bids and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and industry events in the UK and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for customer-facing engagements with utilities, developers, EPCs, industrial and data centre clients.
• Support sales from first enquiry to contract by handling technical questions and objections.
• Lead technical content of bids, tenders and RFx responses with specifications, diagrams, datasheets and compliance matrices.
• Capture and translate customer and site requirements into clear technical specs for engineering teams.
• Benchmark costs of transformers and alternatives, building a strong business case.
• Carry out or coordinate studies (voltage regulation, load flow, harmonics) to size solutions.
• Support handover from sales to delivery and act as front-line project engineer.
• Provide feedback to Product and R&D from customer insights to shape roadmap.
• Create application notes, case studies, presentations and training materials.

Skills

Power systems

Power electronics

Customer-facing

Proposals

Bid content

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSSE

PowerFactory

MATLAB/Simulink

DIgSILENT

Job description

IONATE, a deep technology scale-up, is seeking an Applications Engineer to lead customer-facing technical work—from initial conversations and bids to benchmarking and project delivery—and to grow within our world-class team.

This is a brand-new role as our Hybrid Intelligent Transformer moves from the lab into utilities, renewables, industrial sites and data centres. You will be the engineer customers turn to first and help shape how applications engineering works here.