Senior Solutions & Systems Architect

Senior Solutions & Systems Architect
Plano TX

About the Role
We are seeking a senior technical leader to design Behind-the-Meter energy storage and Energy-as-a-Service solutions for Telecom TowerCo and Commercial & Industrial customers. The company integrates third-party batteries and inverters through its own EMS SCADA and optimization platform. The role spans product systems engineering sales engineering delivery and customer success. It suits someone who thrives in a startup and can move from whiteboard design to field troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer solution architecture: Design backup power and storage systems for telecom carriers tower companies data centers critical infrastructure and C&I sites. This covers sizing technology selection controls communications and utility interconnection.
• OEM integration: Own integration of battery OEMs (CATL Hithium EVE BYD Fluence LG) and PCS/inverter platforms (Sol-Ark SMA Sungrow Delta Kehua TMEIC). Define communication mappings data models and controls sequences to make integrations repeatable.
• EMS and controls: Be the system-level expert on peak shaving demand charge reduction generator optimization demand response solar-plus-storage and revenue stacking and turn market needs into product features.
• Startup leadership: Join customer presentations help close deals support investor and partner discussions build documentation and playbooks and mentor future engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical Systems Computer Engineering or a related field
• 7 years in battery storage DER controls microgrids telecom power SCADA industrial automation or distributed/utility-scale energy
• Multi-vendor integration experience and a strong grasp of communications and control systems
• Customer-facing technical experience
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and commissioning events

Preferred

• Telecom backup power or TowerCo experience hybrid generator-storage systems
• EMS development revenue stacking fleet management platforms
• Utility interconnection solar-plus-storage FAT/SAT
• Startup experience
• Protocols: Modbus TCP/RTU CANBus MQTT DNP3 SNMP BACnet REST APIs
• Compliance: UL 9540/9540A UL 1741 SB IEEE 1547 NFPA 855 NEC 706

Success Milestones

• 6 months: Technical lead on key opportunities certify one new battery and one new PCS platform and improve commissioning procedures
• 12 months: Repeatable OEM integration framework 25% shorter field integration timelines and trusted advisor status with strategic customers
• 24 months: Shape the next-generation EMS set architecture standards grow the solutions engineering team and influence product roadmap