Solar Field Applications Engineer - Training & Technical Sales

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus or commission

Paid time off

401(k) match

Educational assistance

12 company holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

IronRidge, Inc. is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to drive technical sales and product demonstrations across the Northeast region, with substantial travel.

The role emphasizes field-based support, training, and collaboration with sales teams to expand IronRidge's installer network and promote its solar mounting solutions for residential and commercial markets. Applicants should have 3–5 years of related experience or a 4-year degree, with comfort in on-site engagement and PV design

Qualifications

• Three to five years related experience and/or training or a bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college.
• 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 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

Technical sales

Travel readiness

Salesforce experience

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

MS Excel

PV design software

Job description

IronRidge, Inc. is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to drive technical sales and product demonstrations across the Northeast region, with substantial travel.

The role emphasizes field-based support, training, and collaboration with sales teams to expand IronRidge's installer network and promote its solar mounting solutions for residential and commercial markets. Applicants should have 3–5 years of related experience or a 4-year degree, with comfort in on-site engagement and PV design