Solar Field Applications Engineer - Training & Demos

IronRidge, Inc; Tennessee; On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Paid parental leave

Holidays

Job summary

IronRidge, Inc. is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to cultivate business opportunities across the Eastern United States, with emphasis on the Northeast.

The role requires about 50% travel, including 5-10 overnights monthly, engaging customers through technical product application support, demonstrations, and joint calls with sales. You will expand IronRidge’s network by delivering training, supporting engineers, and feeding product feedback.

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

Territory planning

Public speaking

Technical product knowledge

Sales collaboration

CRMs (Salesforce)

MS Excel

Solar design software

Reading & interpreting codes

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

PV design software

Job description

IronRidge, Inc. is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to cultivate business opportunities across the Eastern United States, with emphasis on the Northeast.

The role requires about 50% travel, including 5-10 overnights monthly, engaging customers through technical product application support, demonstrations, and joint calls with sales. You will expand IronRidge’s network by delivering training, supporting engineers, and feeding product feedback.