Kempower is looking for a
Solutions Engineer to serve as our pre-sales technical expert for North American infrastructure clients. In this role, you will help close sales deals by answering deep engineering questions from prospective customers in partnership with our Sales Team.
You will demonstrate how Kempower's unique dynamic power-sharing architecture solves their specific power constraints, effectively stripping away any technical barriers to closing the sale.
- Technical Expert: Act as the primary technical point of contact for EV charging inquiries, ensuring customers choose the right Kempower hardware for their specific infrastructure.
- Proposal Lead: Drive technical responses for RFIs and RFPs, providing detailed, solutions-based documentation that proves our technology's value.
- Customer Education: Deeply understand our product line to educate customers on product features, benefits, and architecture capabilities to solve their technical deployment challenges.
- Field Liaison: Collaborate with local and global Sales, Engineering and Product Management teams to maintain up-to-date technical guides and share critical field feedback.
WHAT HELPS YOU BE SUCCESSFUL- Engineering Foundation: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with 3+ years in electrical infrastructure or deployment.
- Diagram Fluency: Proficient at interpreting electrical site plans and single-line diagrams (SLDs) to advise on charger placement and connection.
- Code & Standards Expertise: Strong working knowledge of electrical codes (NEC, IEC) and EV-specific standards like CCS, NACS, and OCPP.
- Technical Communication: The ability to translate complex charger specs into clear, customer-friendly solutions without losing technical accuracy.
- Travel: ~20-30% domestic with occasional international travel
- Bonus Points For:
- Direct experience in the EV, Automotive, or BESS/Microgrid industries.
- Familiarity with emerging standards like MCS or power systems modeling.
COMPENSATION & LOCATION- Base Salary: Our policy is to pay employees equitably based on their experience and qualifications. We anticipate the base salary range for this role to be $100,000 - $115,000 (with flexibility based on depth of direct EV infrastructure experience).
- Annual Bonus: 7.5% performance target
- Location: Durham, NC (RTP) - Hybrid
- Benefits: Full premium medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) matching Day 1.
Location: USA/North Carolina/Durham (RTP)
Team United States Role Solutions and Services Locations Durham, North America Remote status Hybrid
