High Voltage Field Application Engineer

Optics11; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Lots of travel (10–30%)}

International organization

Cross-functional environment

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

Optics11 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is seeking an experienced Application Engineer to join our Energy team and support customers with advanced monitoring and diagnostic solutions for high‑voltage electrical assets.

You will bridge customers, sales, product management, and engineering across the full customer journey—from technical discussions and demonstrations to field testing, installation, commissioning, training, data analysis, and post‑deployment support.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to investigate technical issues in field and customer-facing environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex topics clearly.
• Customer-oriented mindset and professional demeanor with the ability to build trust with customers and teams.
• Willingness to travel internationally, typically around 30% of the time.
• Background in electrical engineering, power systems, high-voltage equipment, or condition monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Support sales teams during meetings, demonstrations, workshops, and technical discussions.
• Translate customer needs into suitable technical solutions and prepare technical content for proposals.
• Plan and execute field testing, installation, commissioning, training, data analysis and post-installation support.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, operations, logistics, and sales to ensure successful project delivery.
• Contribute to technical documentation, training materials, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Customer focus

Willingness to travel

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Physics, or related technical field

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Application Engineer to join our Energy team and support customers with advanced monitoring and diagnostic solutions for high-voltage electrical assets.

In this role, you will be the technical link between customers, sales, product management, and engineering. You will support the full customer journey: from technical sales discussions and product demonstrations to field testing, system installation, commissioning, training, data analysis, and post-installation support.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in electrical engineering, power systems, high-voltage equipment, or condition monitoring, with practical experience or a strong interest in Partial Discharge diagnostics. This is a hands‑on, customer‑facing role that combines field work, application expertise, technical communication, and commercial awareness.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales Process Support

• Support sales teams during customer meetings, proposal preparation, product demonstrations, workshops, and technical discussions.
• Help understand customer needs and translate them into suitable technical solutions.
• Explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and commercial audiences.
• Support the preparation of technical content for proposals, presentations, and customer communication.

Project Delivery & Commissioning

• Support testing and monitoring for high-voltage assets such as transformers, switchgear, cables, and other grid equipment.
• Plan and execute customer site visits, field demonstrations, installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of monitoring systems.
• Prepare technical reports based on field measurements, monitoring data, or third‑party results.
• Deliver customer training on theory, measurement principles, system operation, data analysis, reporting, and asset condition assessment.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, operations, logistics, and sales to ensure successful project delivery.

General Support & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to application notes, technical documentation, training materials, case studies, conference papers, and presentations.
• Provide structured feedback from field experience to improve products, applications, and customer support processes.
• Share application knowledge internally.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary.
• Lots of traveling, to anywhere across the globe (10 to 30% traveling time, depending on the workload).
• Innovative high‑tech, international organization, with lots of growth opportunities.
• The opportunity to work in a cross‑functional and interdisciplinary environment.
• A lot to learn and to develop. We stimulate personal development.

What we are looking for:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• Typically, 3–6+ years of experience in electrical systems, applications, testing, diagnostics, or a related technical field.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to investigate technical issues in field and customer‑facing environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly.
• Customer‑oriented mindset, professional attitude, and ability to build trust with customers and internal teams.
• Strong business ethics, reliable work approach, and professional personal character.
• Willingness to travel internationally for customer visits, installations, commissioning, training, and events, typically around 30% of the time.

Nice to have:

• Foundational to solid understanding of Partial Discharge theory, measurement techniques, or condition monitoring.
• Experience with high‑voltage electrical equipment, substations, grid assets, or industrial power systems.
• Practical experience with PD testing, PD data interpretation.
• Experience with fibre optic sensing, acoustic emission, asset management, condition monitoring, structural health monitoring, non‑destructive testing, or predictive maintenance.

Please note that we can only consider candidates who are currently residing in the Netherlands and already have the legal right to work here without requiring visa sponsorship or a work permit.