Application Engineer - Power Conversion Systems

Sensata Technologies, Inc.
Hengelo, Netherlands
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote
Hengelo, Netherlands

Tech stack

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Salesforce
Systems Integration

Job description

The Applications Engineer, Power Conversion Systems, is an individual contributor who provides technical leadership and customer-facing expertise for Dynapower's Clean Energy business segments. This role supports both customers and the frontline sales team by applying broad technical insight to evaluate projects from multiple perspectives and guide optimal system design.

Partnering closely with sales, product management, and engineering, the Applications Engineer helps define requirements, develop solutions, and support system integration across the full pre- and post-sales lifecycle. Leveraging deep expertise in power electronics and BESS/renewable energy infrastructure, the role translates customer priorities-such as efficiency, redundancy, grid interaction, and scalability-into practical, compliant solutions. With significant technical influence, this position plays a key role in driving customer adoption and supporting growth in the Power Conversion Systems market.

General Responsibilities

  • Leads the process of providing technical sales support to assure successful customer integration d organization products
  • Pre-sales activities include gaining understanding of customer's business and analysis of customer's system and product needs
  • Leads the preparation and presentation of technical proposals of how organization's products can meet those needs and be integrated and implemented with customer's systems and equipment
  • Handles the preparation and presentation of customer systems/equipment needs plan to organization teams to assure complete plan is feasible within cost, time, and environment constraints

Requirements

  • A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience
  • Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
  • Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
  • Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
  • Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
  • Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
  • Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers, * Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 60%
  • Demonstrated experience and strong working knowledge of power electronics
  • Proficiency with CRM tools; Salesforce experience preferred
  • Familiarity with rectifiers, power systems, and/or defense industry applications is a plus

About the company

* Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world's most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing * Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication * As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together

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