Customer Support Engineer

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

401(k)

PTO 25 days

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Openkrill is seeking a Support Engineer to join the Flipturn team at Einride in the US. You will work with customer success to ensure successful management of EV charging infrastructure, handling day-to-day issue investigation and resolution, and gaining deep knowledge of Flipturn’s charging energy management platform.

You will onboard new customers, troubleshoot using charger logs, and escalate issues to OEMs when needed, while contributing to a growing support runbook and improving overall

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a customer-facing support role.
• Experience with ticketing platforms and tools.
• Familiarity with the fleet or logistics industry is a bonus.
• Experience at early stage startups is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Be the first line of defense for customer questions or issues, responding to tickets in an urgent and timely manner.
• Troubleshoot issues raised by exploring charger logs, history, and other resources. Summarize issue and context to elevate as appropriate.
• Attempt to resolve common issues when raised by customers - reset chargers, refund drivers, grant user access, etc
• Onboard new customers and chargers, including helping onsite personnel to establish OCPP connections and cellular connectivity.
• Reproduce to confirm potential bugs and elevate as needed
• Raise tickets and elevate issues to charger/vehicle OEMs on behalf of customers, where appropriate, supplying needed logs, context, etc to expedite resolution
• Contribute to support runbook development with new issues and solutions

Skills

Customer facing

Autonomy

Clear communication

Explain technical topics

Problem solving

Education

Engineering or technical degree

Tools

Pylon

Salesforce

HubSpot

Claude AI

Job description

Job Description

For commercial fleets, the biggest pain point around adopting electric vehicles is charging. Even at private charging depots, fleets lack critical real-time visibility into charger health and status. A charger that unexpectedly stops charging can derail operations if the issue isn’t caught immediately. Charging at the wrong times can incur electricity costs that are thousands of dollars higher than they need to be.

Flipturn, a subsidiary of Einride, is a leading charging management platform for fleets and charging depots. We provide a comprehensive solution that minimizes utility costs with energy management, improves charger uptime and issue resolution speed, and provides powerful cost per mile and range insights for EV operations. Flipturn optimizes charging for a broad customer base of major autonomous, transit, freight, school bus, and last mile delivery EV fleets.

ABOUT EINRIDE

Einride is revolutionizing transportation by showing the world a new way to move, based on the latest digital, electric and autonomous technologies. Through a suite of EV charging and fleet solutions and freight capacity as a service operations, Einride enables businesses around the world to accelerate towards their sustainability goals. Einride’s customers include some of the world’s biggest shippers, including Fortune 500 companies.

ROLE AND EXPECTATIONS.

We are looking for a Support Engineer to join the Flipturn team at Einride. As a Support Engineer, you will work directly with Flipturn's customer success and operations team to ensure the success of our customers in managing and utilizing EV charging infrastructure. You’ll play a crucial role in day to day issue investigation and resolution, and build a deep understanding of Flipturn's core charging technology stack. The purpose of this role is to resolve customer questions and issues across the charging sites that Flipturn directly operates, has access to, or manages through the Flipturn charging and energy management software platform.

WHAT YOU’LL DO HERE:

• Be the first line of defense for customer questions or issues, responding to tickets in an urgent and timely manner
• Troubleshoot issues raised by exploring charger logs, history, and other resources. Summarize issue and context to elevate as appropriate
• Attempt to resolve common issues when raised by customers - reset chargers, refund drivers, grant user access, etc
• Onboard new customers and chargers, including helping onsite personnel to establish OCPP connections and cellular connectivity.
• Reproduce to confirm potential bugs and elevate as needed
• Raise tickets and elevate issues to charger/vehicle OEMs on behalf of customers, where appropriate, supplying needed logs, context, etc to expedite resolution
• Contribute to support runbook development with new issues and solutions

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for someone who is excited about joining a climate tech company and wants to wear many hats. Flipturn and Einride are full of mission-driven employees who see work as a place to make an impact on the world!

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you enjoy:

• Operating in a fast-paced environment where you’ll see a direct impact on the success of the company and our customers
• Representing a company in an externally-facing role that involves continuous problem solving and customer support
• Proactively responding to customer issues and keeping customers informed about their resolutions
• Working collaboratively with teammates, customers, and cross functional teams

Job Description

A strong candidate will have the following experience/skills:

• At least 2 years in a customer-facing support role
• Ability to operate with autonomy
• Experience with ticketing platforms and tools (Pylon, Salesforce, Hubspot, etc)
• Experience using Claude and other AI tools
• Excitement about resolving customer issues and complaints - making EV operations smoother, easier, and cheaper for customers
• Excellent communication skills, including both written and oral communication
• Ability to understand and articulate complex, semi-technical topics in a clear, simple, and concise way to internal and external parties
• Engineering or technical degree or experience preferred
• Familiarity with the fleet or logistics industry is a bonus
• Experience at early stage startups is a bonus

BENEFITS

• Market-Competitive Salary: The anticipated range for this position is $75,000-$115,000 base salary per year.
• Equity Package: This role includes equity.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with an employer match.
• Generous Time Off: 25 days of Paid Time Off (PTO). 15 paid sick days and 15 paid US holidays observed.
• Wellness Allowance: To support your personal well-being.