Application Engineer – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Location : Bangalore
The Application Engineer – BESS will be responsible for technical solution development, system sizing, proposal support, customer engagement, and application engineering for Utility Scale and Commercial & Industrial (C&I;) Battery Energy Storage Systems.
The role requires solid knowledge of BESS sizing methodologies, renewable energy integration, grid services, power conversion systems (PCS), EMS, battery technologies, and project techno-commercial evaluation.
The engineer will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, EPC, and Customers to develop optimized BESS solutions for various applications.
Key Responsibilities
BESS Solution Design & Sizing
- Perform BESS sizing based on customer requirements and project use cases.
- Develop technical solutions for:
- Peak Shaving
- Load Shifting
- Demand Charge Management
- Solar + Storage , Wind + Storage
- Backup Power
- Microgrid Applications
- EV Charging Support
- Frequency Regulation
- Grid Ancillary Services
- Renewable Firming
- Capacity Firming
- Energy Arbitrage
- Black Start Applications
- Perform energy and power calculations considering:
- Load Profiles
- Solar/Wind Generation Profiles
- Battery Degradation
- Round Trip Efficiency
- Availability Requirements
- Future Expansion Requirements
- Understand Grid Code requirements and utility interconnection requirements.
- Analyse customer load data and electricity tariff structures.
- Develop business cases with Perform ROI, IRR, Payback Period and LCOE analysis.
- Proposal & Customer Support
- Support sales teams during customer discussions.
- Prepare: Technical Proposals, Compliance Matrix, Single Line Diagrams (SLD) System Architecture Drawings. Bill of Materials (BOM), Technical Datasheets
- Conduct technical presentations and customer workshops.
System Engineering
- Define system architecture including:
- Battery Containers
- PCS/Inverters
- MV Stations
- EMS/SCA