Title:  Head of Application Engineering & System Solution Management *

The System Solution Management team defines requirements for our products and overall portfolio. Closely linked to this is the Application Engineering team, that reviews customer requests and advises them on the technical feasibility and optimization of their requests. In the role of Head of Application Engineering & System Solution Management, you report directly to the Managing Director of Altenso and together with the Head of System Engineering, you form the technical management of SMA Altenso. 
 

Your contribution to the "big picture"

• As an expert in this field, you lead the team of product managers, system engineers and application engineers in disciplinary and functional terms
• You will be responsible for assessing requirements, breaking them down into sub-systems and managing the process of creating and reviewing technical proposals, including training
• The coordination with internal stakeholders, suppliers and customers including presentation of solutions and representation is your responsibility
• You continuously review processes and look for solutions and improvements in terms of quality and cost
• You define the offering portfolio of the SMA Altenso, the support in the definition of our go-to-market concept as well as the application and scope of delivery
• A special focus of your responsibility is to define our battery portfolio for the target markets and negotiating technical and strategic adjustments with battery suppliers, with the market and further available solutions constantly being reviewed by yourself

Your skills are needed

• You have a successfully completed degree in engineering with more than 10 years of professional experience in the storage market or the PV market as a system integrator or EPC
• Grid connection conditions and their development trends are part of your knowledge
• You have experience in preparing successful bids - supported by track record - for utility scale power plants for renewable energy or storage applications and have an understanding of critical aspects that need to be covered
• With your knowledge and know-how of storage systems, battery technology, applications and market landscape (manufacturers, system integrators, operators) you can support the team
• Good knowledge of central inverters for PV or storage, plant control for large power plants and basic knowledge of SCADA systems and data monitoring are among your strengths
• You bring a willingness to travel within Europe and internationally

That sounds interesting to you? Under the following links you can learn more about some of our projects
 

• Project BigBattery Lausitz (Schwarze Pumpe)
• Project St. Eustatius: 100 Percent Caribbean Solar Power
• Project “The Brando”