Application / Bid Engineer APAC

About Saft

Saft specializes in advanced technology battery solutions for industry, from the design and development to the production, customization, and service provision. For more than 100 years, Saft’s longer-lasting batteries and systems have provided critical safety applications, back-up power and propulsion for our customers. Our innovative, safe, and reliable technology delivers high performance on land, at sea, in the air and in space. Saft is powering industry and smarter cities, while providing critical back-up functionality in remote and harsh environments from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert.

Saft is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.

Position

• • Develop a deep understanding of the BESS market (Market Trends/New products launched / Competitor ‘solutions/New Applications opening) thanks to interactions with End user/Customers, Owner Engineers as well as participation to conferences/Webinars
  • Capture customer technical and application requirements to help shape the product roadmap
  • Analyse and understand the technical specifications of the customer and provide Sales & Bid teams with Solution configuration guidance (BESS, PCS, MVPS, PMS)
  • Interact with the engineering team and the PCS/PMS expert to validate the overall Integrator configuration (Product compatibility, Communication architecture, etc..) and ensure that the completed systems conform to all specifications, codes, standards and customer requirements
  • Support sales teams for technical discussions with customers and internal teams to prepare offers
  • Formalize offer the Technical paragraph related to BESS, PCS, MVPS, PMS description and provide the associated sizing report
  • Up to the Integrator Scope, establish the overall costing of the project, including Internal (Product, Engineering, Field Service), External Costs (Subcontractors) costs and define the level of contingencies to be applied based on Risk & Opportunity Matrix, Trigger the Bid/No Bid process, Prepare the offer package (Commercial & technical) and submit it through Sales
  • Formalize the Performance Guarantee on projects on both Ageing, RTE, Availability thru interactions with RAMST teams
  • Provide support to Project Procurement by drafting specifications and performance expected from PCS/MVPS/PMS manufacturers
  • Specify to the Engineering team expected enhancement of the Sizing tool/Sizing rules to be at market level (Abacus, accuracy, performance...) and performed the related UAT
  • Contribute to updating standard documentation/White Paper/Business Case to promote SAFT solution

Profile

• Engineering degree                                                                                         
• 5 years' experience and more in system and electrical engineering (preferred), application engineering, or electrochemistry.
• Grid market knowledge, a plus. B to B business in an international and industrial environment.     
• Knowledge in power systems, battery applications; computer literate with mastery of common software
• Fluent in English
• Coaching and communication skills
• Well-organized, high level of autonomy, knowledge of the area
• Ability to exchange and convince customer from a technical standpoint.

Traveling may be required for internal meetings, meetings with customer or exhibitions.        

At Saft, we are committed to promoting employment, with equal skills, for people with disabilities; because we are convinced that diversity, in all its forms, is an undeniable force for our attractiveness, our capacity for innovation, and our competitiveness.