Solar Field Applications Engineer – Northeast (50% Travel)

IronRidge, Inc; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401(k) match

Educational assistance

12 observed company holidays

Paid parental leave

Long-term incentive plan

Development opportunities

Job summary

IronRidge, Inc. is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to drive regional technical sales and product support across the Eastern United States, with an emphasis on the Northeast.

The role involves travel (~50%), client visits, training, and collaboration with sales teams to promote IronRidge solutions. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of related experience or a 4-year degree, proficient in Salesforce and Excel, and capable of solar layout design and presenting to varied groups.

Qualifications

• Three to five years related experience and/or training or a bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college or university; or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical installation and engineering, procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to lift and carry solar modules up to 50 lbs
• Must be comfortable working at heights, including rooftop
• Ability to travel approximately 50% of working time, with 5-10 overnight trips per month.
• Familiarity with Salesforce (CRM systems), and MS Excel and able to learn and adapt to a variety of software tools.
• Competency in solar layout, design, mounting, waterproofing, and racking for residential and light commercial installations.
• Ability to speak in public to small and large groups.
• OSHA 10 Construction required
• Spanish a plus

Responsibilities

• Plan territory technical sales visits, events, trainings
• Generate training reports to ensure all customer and sales engagements are being accounted for and captured
• Coordinate and provide on-the-job (OJT) training for new opportunities on the ground and rooftop
• Provide customer feedback on improvements to products and/or training content.
• Leverage professional network, coordinating training and with non-competing solar manufacturers in an effort to generate product demand.
• Organize and assist in the development of curriculum for new products/services, including reference library, multimedia visual aids, and other educational material
• Maintain records as needed and report on relevant changes in the weekly meeting to keep everyone appraised of changes in products, market trends, and code compliance.
• Regularly report on competitive landscape of region and other market intelligence
• Design PV layouts in IR and other PV design software to support Sales, Distributors, and End Users
• Accurately document application support questions and calls
• Provides feedback to Engineering and Product Teams for product development
• Perform any additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Sales support

PV layout design

Public speaking

Travel 50%

Salesforce familiarity

MS Excel

Product training

Education

Bachelor's degree (4-year)

Tools

PV design software

Job description

IronRidge, Inc. is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to drive regional technical sales and product support across the Eastern United States, with an emphasis on the Northeast.

The role involves travel (~50%), client visits, training, and collaboration with sales teams to promote IronRidge solutions. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of related experience or a 4-year degree, proficient in Salesforce and Excel, and capable of solar layout design and presenting to varied groups.