Solar Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer

Jobot; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot seeks a Solar Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, with remote work options. The role collaborates with sales and engineering to capture project requirements, craft technical proposals, and support customer evaluations for large-scale solar deployments.

You will present demonstrations, prepare cost estimates, and ensure smooth handoffs to delivery teams. A bachelor’s degree in engineering and 5+ years in a related role are required, with strong cross-disciplinary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in applications/solutions engineering or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Experience supporting renewable energy projects with instrumentation, monitoring, data collection, or integrated hardware solutions.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into clearly defined technical recommendations and proposals.
• Experience creating technical proposals alongside sales teams.
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts to engineering teams and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Understand project objectives, technical requirements and operational constraints.
• Evaluate bid packages, drawings, and specifications for scope, risks, and clarifications.
• Develop technical proposals, cost estimates, and responses to customer requests.
• Define system requirements with engineering, select components, develop BOMs, assess feasibility.
• Deliver presentations and demonstrations explaining proposed solutions and benefits.
• Address technical questions and support evaluations and purchasing decisions.
• Document project scope and commitments for handoffs to engineering and project teams.
• Maintain proposal resources and CRM records.

Skills

Technical communication

Proposal development

Customer-facing

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Solar Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer

$120000 - $130000 per year | Salt Lake City, UT | Remote | Permanent

Solar Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer Opportunity with Renewables Leader | Fully Remote and Fully Covered Healthcare for the Entire Family!

A bit about us:

We are a renewable energy leader with a focus on helping utility-scale solar providers generate and produce solar across North and South America! Since our inception, we've been on the forefront of new technology, advancing the way we optimize solar efficiency in the industry. This provides more output and lower costs to the consumer.

If you are interested in the renewable energy space, please read on!

Why join us?

• Excellent Benefits - 100% Medical Coverage for Employee + Family!
• Generous PTO Package!
• Profit Sharing Bonus!
• Fantastic Culture and Work/Life Balance!
• Room for Advancement!
• Fully Remote Work!

Job Details

We are seeking a technical professional to support customers evaluating solutions for large-scale renewable energy projects. This position partners with sales and engineering teams to understand project needs, develop technical recommendations, and prepare proposals. You will support customers throughout the evaluation process and help ensure a smooth transition to project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with prospective customers to understand project objectives, technical requirements, and operational constraints.
• Evaluate bid packages, engineering drawings, and specifications to identify scope requirements, potential risks, and items requiring clarification.
• Develop technical proposals, cost estimates, and responses to customer requests, clearly outlining assumptions, deliverables, and exclusions.
• Work with engineering teams to define system requirements, select appropriate components, develop bills of materials, and assess feasibility.
• Deliver presentations and demonstrations that explain proposed solutions and their practical benefits.
• Address technical questions and provide analysis to support customer evaluations and purchasing decisions.
• Document project scope and technical commitments to support handoffs to engineering, project management, and field teams.
• Maintain proposal resources, technical documentation, and relevant opportunity information in the CRM.
• Share customer feedback with internal teams to support improvements to products, services, and the customer experience.
• Participate in industry events and customer-facing technical discussions as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least five years of experience in applications engineering, solutions engineering, project engineering, technical sales, or a comparable customer-facing technical role.
• Experience supporting renewable energy projects involving instrumentation, monitoring systems, data collection, or integrated hardware solutions.
• Liaise between Technical teams, Account Executives, and the Customer.
• Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements into clearly defined technical recommendations and proposals.
• Experience with technical proposals alongside sales teams.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to both engineering teams and business stakeholders.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.