Application Engineer BESS & Hybrid Power Solutions
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Our client is seeking an Application Engineer with strong renewable energy engineering knowledge and a commercial mindset to support the growth of utility-scale battery energy storage and hybrid power solutions. This position offers broad technical involvement from system modelling and design evaluation to tender preparation grid compliance and customer engagement.
Key Duties
- Act as a technical specialist for solar PV BESS and hybrid power solutions.
- Review customer and utility requirements and provide appropriate system design recommendations.
- Conduct system sizing modelling and performance analysis for hybrid PV/BESS applications.
- Support the integration of battery storage into existing PV installations assessing risks and proposing suitable technical solutions.
- Prepare technical specifications engineering offers tender documents and project proposals.
- Assist the sales team with quotations customer discussions and technically appropriate solution selection.
- Develop technical sales resources and product value propositions.
- Evaluate competitor products identify performance gaps and communicate technical differentiators.
- Support local engineering services and ensure proposed solutions meet regional requirements and relevant product specifications.
- Work with project development teams on new and existing project opportunities.
- Engage with grid operators regulators utilities and municipalities on grid connection matters and code compliance.
- Contribute to industry working groups and maintain awareness of regulatory and technology developments.
- Participate in customer calls sales meetings project discussions and site visits.
- Maintain clear technical records and support project tracking and reporting.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Renewable Energy Energy Systems or a related field.
- At least 35 years of experience in utility-scale solar PV or BESS engineering design or project support.
- Experience designing sizing and modelling hybrid PV/BESS systems.
- Knowledge of SMA inverters Sunny Island X solutions and third-party battery technologies.
- Experience with PVsyst MATLAB HOMER or comparable engineering modelling tools.
- Understanding of grid codes regulatory requirements and utility-scale grid integration.
- Strong technical writing and tender preparation skills.
- Excellent analytical communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Familiarity with CRM platforms such as Salesforce is advantageous.
Preferred
- Postgraduate studies in an applicable technical discipline.
- Experience in renewable energy business development support or technical solution positioning.
- Involvement in utility-scale project development including greenfield or brownfield projects.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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