Application Engineer

General Responsibilities:

• Design and implement software solutions for customer-specific needs. Most often this will be a program to interface with another system, or a program which provides a feature not available in our standard software packages.
• Conduct design workshops with customers to align on requirements and technical approach.
• Write design documents which describe a viable technical approach to meet the customer’s requirements with an emphasis on completeness and clarity.
• Develop software according to design documents following established processes and adhering to quality standards.
• Conduct reviews of code written by colleagues to ensure completeness, accuracy, and quality.

The responsibilities listed reflect essential functions and do not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Requirements

Minimum

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
• 2-4 years relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in computer programming; C and/or Python preferred. Experience implementing and using common data structures and algorithms.
• Strong analytical, independent problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites.
• Ability to work independently, effectively manage time, and prioritize strategically.

Preferred

• Knowledge of electric power generation, transmission, and distribution.
• Experience with client/server applications and Extract/Transform/Load interfaces
• Competent in technical writing.
• Experience programming with APIs (REST, SOAP), communication protocols, web services, message queuing and delivery systems (Kafka, AMQP, MQTT, etc.), and/or databases (SQL, NoSQL).
• Familiarity with version control software, such as Git.