Execution & Presales Application Engineer

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Execution & Presales Application Engineer

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About the Position

Hitachi Energy is seeking a dedicated Execution & Presales Application Engineer to join our team in New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. In this role, you will engage with potential clients, develop innovative solutions, and support customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Customer Engagement: Engage with potential clients to assess their technical requirements and identify customer challenges, architecting innovative solutions that utilize today’s technology to solve tomorrow’s problems.
• Technical Expertise: Develop an in-depth understanding of the company's products and services and stay up to date with industry trends and technologies, including substation automation, protection, and cyber security, etc.
• Solution Development: Collaborate with the sales, product, and business development teams to tailor solutions to meet customer needs and challenges.
• Solution Presentations: Create and deliver compelling technical presentations, demonstrations, and proposals that showcase the value of the company's offerings.
• Technical Support: Act as the technical subject matter, providing pre-sales and operational support, addressing customer inquiries, answering product inquiries, and training different stakeholders as needed.
• Solution Validation and PoC: Prepare and execute PoCs, validating the effectiveness of the proposed solutions, and carrying out further site testing, QC, FAT, and commissioning, whenever required, while coordinating with vendors and stakeholders.
• Competitive Analysis: Stay informed about competitors' offerings and market trends to effectively position the company's products or services.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values: Taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems, Automation, or a related field.
• 6–8 years of experience as a SAS engineer with proven design, engineering, and testing expertise.
• Familiarity with sales processes and the ability to work collaboratively with sales and BD teams.
• Strong command of communication and persuasion skills with a business and customer-focused mindset.
• Extensive knowledge of MicroSCADA, RTU560 series, and IEDs (e.g., REx670).
• Extensive knowledge of substation automation and industrial protocols such as IEC 101, IEC 104, IEC 61850, Modbus, LON, SPA, etc.
• Familiar with OT cybersecurity practices, frameworks, local and international regulations, and IEC 62443, along with CS products such as Firewall, NIDS, etc.
• Experience in designing SAS solutions with previous engineering experience in designing, integration, FAT, testing, and site support.
• Familiar with technical documentation, including proposals, case studies, technical specifications, architecture, FDS, I/O lists, and panel drawings, and capable of preparing any of them as needed.
• Willingness to travel.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset, with the ability to identify and mitigate risks and challenges.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Full-time employment
• On-site work arrangement
• Opportunity to work with a global leader in electrification

About the Company

Hitachi Energy is a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.