Tech Sales Manager / Engineer

Tech Sales Manager / Engineer As part of our transition from a dynamic start-up to an ambitious scale-up, we are looking for a customer-oriented and technically savvy personality as a Technical Sales Engineer / Manager (m/f/d) who will significantly drive our commercial growth in the market for battery storage solutions (BESS). In this role, as part of the sales team, you are the technical contact person for customers and partners. You translate complex requirements into technically feasible and economically attractive BESS solutions, accompany demanding customer discussions, and support the successful positioning of PHENOGY's sodium-ion battery technology in a competitive and dynamic market. In doing so, you work closely with the Product Management, Engineering, Research & Development, and Operations departments to ensure that customer requirements, technical feasibility, and economic benefits are optimally aligned from the initial consultation to the creation of the offer. Your Tasks & Responsibilities Customer Support & Technical Sales You are the technical expert for PHENOGY's BESS solutions throughout the entire sales process. You analyze customer requirements and develop technically and economically convincing solution concepts from them. You present technical solutions and communicate their added value to customers and business partners in an understandable and convincing manner. Solution Development & Offer Creation You design customized BESS solutions and support the creation of technical and commercial offers. You perform load profile analyses, economic assessments, and ROI calculations. You support tenders, RFP processes (Request for Proposal), as well as customer qualifications. Internal Collaboration & Market Feedback You work closely with Engineering, Research & Development, Product Management, and Operations. You ensure that proposed solutions are technically implementable, scalable, and compatible with internal capabilities. You contribute customer and market feedback to support the continuous development of our products. What You Bring A completed Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, energy technology, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science, or a comparable technical course of study. At least three years of professional experience in technical sales, solution engineering, sales engineering, application engineering, project engineering, or a comparable customer-oriented technical position. Sound technical understanding of battery systems, power electronics, energy storage, renewable energy systems, industrial energy infrastructure, or comparably complex technical products. Experience with customers or applications in at least one of the following areas: Battery storage (BESS), Photovoltaic/solar systems, Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, UPS systems (Uninterruptible Power Supply), Switchgear, Power electronics, Grid infrastructure, Industrial energy systems, Complex technical systems or products. Ability to prepare complex technical issues in an understandable way for customers, sales colleagues, and internal technical teams. Strong commercial understanding as well as the ability to link technical features with customer benefits, economic considerations, and purchasing decisions. Business fluent German and English skills. Desirable Direct experience with battery technologies, BESS, sodium-ion or lithium-ion batteries, Power Conversion Systems, or grid-connected energy storage. Experience in technical solution sales for industrial, commercial, utility, grid operator, or infrastructure customers. Knowledge of energy markets, grid requirements, regulatory frameworks, or commercial-industrial energy applications (C&I). Experience in creating technical offers, RFP responses, feasibility analyses, load profile analyses, or ROI calculations. Experience in a start-up, scale-up, or a growing technology-oriented company. Existing network in the areas of renewable energies, e-mobility, energy infrastructure, industrial power supply, or related customer segments. Work location: Root or Bremen jpid035cc08jm jit0833jm jiy26jm