Staff Applications Engineer-Power Systems

About the role

Amperesand is seeking a Staff or Sr. Staff Applications Engineer, Power Systems to join our Deployment team and be the primary technical authority for customer site designs. You’ll utilize your expertise in ETAP, SKM, or comparable power system modeling tool to optimize the full site level power system containing Amperesand products including defining electrical infrastructure integration approaches, sizing components, and coordinating protection mechanisms. You’ll utilize your preferred CAD tool to produce and maintain a library of CAD blocks and single line diagrams that Amperesand can share with its customer base. You’ll study and develop reference architectures and help author technical whitepapers. You’ll partner with the Amperesand Product team to investigate new customer applications and define future product requirements. You’ll partner with the Amperesand Sales and Customer Success teams to engage directly with customers and affiliated EPC teams to guide them in integrating Amperesand products to their facilities. You’ll partner with the Amperesand Engineering team to ensure that electrical, mechanical, and communications interfaces are designed for site integration success. You’ll partner with the Amperesand Compliance team to ensure that all sites are constructed to meet applicable building and electrical code requirements. You’ll occasionally provide on-site oversight of product deployment to ensure product installation and integration success. In this role, you will set the direction and the strategy for chasing opportunities in your domain of ownership. You’ll enjoy high levels of autonomy, responsibility, and leadership visibility.

Responsibilities

• Own site-level system design and continuous optimization.
• Act as the primary Amperesand interface to customer facility and EPC teams.
• Model, analyze, and optimize the full electrical system surrounding Amperesand products utilizing ETAP, SKM, or comparable power system modeling tool.
• Size and optimize all neighboring electrical infrastructure, and identify opportunities for in-house design.
• Lead protection device studies, ensuring coordination of relays, breakers, fuses, etc. and optimizing fault ride-through capabilities.
• Develop and maintain the standardized EPC package, including CAD blocks and single line diagrams that accelerate adoption of Am