Solar Field Applications Engineer — Regional Travel (Northeast)

IronRidge, Inc; Tate Township (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off (PTO)

Long term incentive plan

401(k) match

Development opportunities

Educational assistance

12 company holidays

Parental leave

Collaborative culture

Job summary

IronRidge is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to drive technical sales and product support across the Eastern United States, with a focus on the Northeast. The role requires 50% travel and 5–10 overnights monthly, partnering with sales and customers to demonstrate products, train users, and gather feedback.

You will design PV layouts, document support interactions, and help shape product development while maintaining training curricula and reporting on market trends.

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

Public speaking

Salesforce (CRM)

MS Excel

Reading technical journals

Travel 50%

OSHA 10 Construction

Spanish language ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

Job description

IronRidge is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to drive technical sales and product support across the Eastern United States, with a focus on the Northeast. The role requires 50% travel and 5–10 overnights monthly, partnering with sales and customers to demonstrate products, train users, and gather feedback.

You will design PV layouts, document support interactions, and help shape product development while maintaining training curricula and reporting on market trends.