Applications Engineer
Core
Own technical qualification for non-standard renewable-powered off-grid data center opportunities, deciding viability across power, civil, and deployment constraints.
Role type
Senior Applications Engineer (Technical Qualification & Business Judgment)
Builds
Technical qualification framework, screening tools, and decision gates for edge sites, distributed assets, and first-of-kind configurations.
Domain
Renewable energy infrastructure / Data center power systems
Required skills
Electrical power systems (MV/LV, protection, redundancy), thermal and cooling assessment, civil and site work evaluation, business judgment on capex and schedule, rapid decision-making on incomplete information, stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
Data center electrical/mechanical infrastructure, liquid cooling, solar/battery storage/microgrids, EPC/construction experience, PE licensure
Technologies
NEC, IEEE standards, single-line diagrams, utility service topologies
Responsibilities
Build and own technical qualification framework for non-standard opportunities; Make final technical fit/no-fit calls on sites and deals; Tie technical recommendations to commercial consequences ($/MW, capex, schedule); Serve as technical escalation point for non-playbook opportunities; Walk sites to translate field conditions into requirements; Assess electrical fit end-to-end including generation, storage, and distribution; Test opportunities against execution capabilities (supply chain, construction capacity); Feed learnings back into standard designs and playbooks
