Senior Technical Application Engineer, Power Conversion Solutions

hitachi; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Technology Services Private Limited in Chennai invites a Technical Application Engineer for Asia Pacific. You will work with customers and sales colleagues to ensure superior technical support and help drive growth in power conversion solutions.

The role requires a strong technical engineering background, experience with utility-scale power converters for BESS, and the ability to present solutions from early stages through tendering, collaborating with product management and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of power system principles and operations at the utility and industrial levels is required.
• Background in Battery Energy Storage Solutions and/or Renewables converter engineering.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical advisor to our key customers and channel partners (Mainly system integrators, developers, IPPs & EPCs).
• Lead technical presentations and direct customer dialogue to highlight the value proposition of PCS Converters, MV-stations & Automation/Digital during early sales stages.
• Support sales & tender colleagues with technical solutions during sales and tender process.
• Support Sales in every step of the PCS partner program to enable new leads to become new channel partners.
• Work with key customers and channel partners to ensure PCS converter technology is included in AVL's, including focus with Battery OEM's in collaboration with PCS product Management & business development.
• Bring Techno/Commercial inputs to Business Development and Product Management for future needs.
• Attend various professional fairs/conferences in your region and be the technical ambassador of PCS technology.
• Support deployment of technical tools with PCS product management & R&D to secure superior technical collaboration and win customers' trust with PCS converter technology.
• Support winning bids by early influencing customers on key features and help sales with value propositions.
• Define in close alignment with tendering the solution design and verify sizing of the solution.
• Contribute with the Business Development function to a global partner program including contract templates, training and qualification program for partners and marketing support.

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Job description

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID: R0139071

Date Posted: 2026-07-30

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description

Join our global Technical Sales Support team at Hitachi Energy's Power Conversion Solutions as a Technical Application Engineer for Asia Pacific, where you will work with customers and sales colleagues to ensure superior technical support. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our business growth at the heart of our global PCS sales team.

How you'll make an impact

• - Serve as technical advisor to our key customers and channel partners (Mainly system integrators, developers, IPP's & EPC's.)
• - During early stage of the sales process, lead technical presentations and direct customer dialogue to highlight the value proposition of PCS Converters, MV-stations & Automation/Digital.
• - Support sales & tender colleagues with technical solutions during sales and tender process.
• - Support Sales in every step of the PCS partner program to enable new leads to become new channel partners.
• - Work with our key customers and channel partners to ensure PCS converter technology is included and kept in AVL's, including focus with Battery OEM's in collaboration with PCS product Management & business development.
• - Bring Techno/Commercial inputs to Business Development and Product Management for future needs.
• - Attend the various professional fairs/conferences in your region and be the technical ambassador of our PCS technology.
• - Support the deployment of technical tools, in close collaboration with PCS product management & R&D, which are necessary to our channel partners in order to secure superior technical collaboration and win customers trust with PCS converter technology.
• - Support winning bids by early influencing our customers on key features and help sales with value propositions.
• - Defines in close alignment with the tendering the solution design and verifies the sizing of the solution.
• - Contribute together with the Business Development function to a global partner program including contract templates, training and qualification program for partners and marketing support.

Who you are

• - Proven experience in technical engineering & sales support, ideally in the Converter and/or BESS markets
• - Ability to maintain high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency
• - Experience with utility scale power converters for BESS and/or similar technology
• - Strong communication skills to align with Process Owners and manage technical sales
• - Proven leadership skills

Qualifications

• - Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent work experience. Concentration in Electrical Power / Energy Systems is preferred.
• - Knowledge of power system principles and operations at the utility and industrial levels is required.
• - Background in Battery Energy Storage Solutions and/or Renewables converter engineering.

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