Power Systems Application Engineer – MV/HV Solutions

Southern States, LLC; Hampton (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern States, LLC is seeking an Application Engineer I – Power Systems to support technical development, design, and proposals for medium- and high-voltage reactive power equipment. You will work with customers, Sales, Engineering, and Project Management to translate specifications into compliant solutions and compelling proposals.

The role involves technical risk assessment, equipment configurations, BOM budgeting, and providing reliable support through quotation and order execution stages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering required.
• Fundamental power systems and power quality concepts understood.
• Occasional travel (<25%) for customer meetings and site visits.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications, drawings, and RFQ to identify requirements and risks.
• Develop preliminary designs, layouts, ratings, BOM estimates for quotes.
• Prepare technical and commercial proposal packages for MV/HV capacitor banks, harmonic filters, reactors, STATCOMs, etc.
• Support sales with customer-facing documents, scope clarifications, and responses.
• Perform basic electrical calculations for capacitor banks and harmonics applications.
• Coordinate with internal teams to confirm feasibility and required equipment.
• Liaise with vendors/purchasing for major components.
• Write technical specifications for power equipment.
• Evaluate bids from vendors.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written & verbal communication

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

PSCAD

DigSILENT

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Southern States, LLC is seeking an Application Engineer I – Power Systems to support technical development, design, and proposals for medium- and high-voltage reactive power equipment. You will work with customers, Sales, Engineering, and Project Management to translate specifications into compliant solutions and compelling proposals.

The role involves technical risk assessment, equipment configurations, BOM budgeting, and providing reliable support through quotation and order execution stages.