Sales Engineer

TAE Power Solutions (TPS) is the electrification spin-off from TAE Technologies, a leader in nuclear fusion technology. The company is leveraging unique power management technology originally developed for nuclear fusion and applying it in adjacent industries including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and DC Fast Charging for electric vehicles.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Sales Engineer to provide technical leadership throughout the sales cycle for the TAE PowerFabric platform, supporting the acquisition of new AI Data Center customers. You will translate customer power requirements into compelling technical solutions, lead technical discovery and solution design, and give customers the confidence to commit to TPS.

This role will report into and work with the Strategic Sales Director to provide technical support to the sales team across the market, focused on AI Data Center operators and their engineering and technical decision makers, aligning to our unique TAE PowerFabric platform proposition.

As Sales Engineer, you will be the technical lead on AI Data Center opportunities across multiple regions. You will qualify customer requirements, design and present solutions, support proposals and tenders, and contribute to the overall sales growth across the US/ Americas territory.

Technical Sales Support

• Report to the Strategic Sales Director and account teams to deliver the technical sales strategy for the TAE PowerFabric platform across the US

• Lead technical discovery with prospective AI Data Center customers to understand power, load profile, resilience and grid-interconnection requirements.

• Design and size TAE PowerFabric solutions, preparing single-line diagrams, technical specifications and system configurations for customer proposals.

• Deliver technical presentations, product demonstrations and feasibility studies to customer engineering teams and senior stakeholders.

• Respond to RFIs, RFPs and tenders, owning technical compliance matrices, clarifications and deviations.

Customer Technical Engagement

• Act as the primary technical interface between TPS and its strategic AI Data Center customers during the pre-sales phase.

• Build trusted relationships with customer engineering, operations and procurement teams, addressing technical objections and risks.

• Support the customer journey from pre-sales and technical clarification through contracting, ensuring a clean technical handover to project delivery and after-sales support.

Internal Cross Co-ordination

• Work closely with internal stakeholders including product management, engineering, legal, finance, Operations, PMO to support successful product delivery.

• Translate customer requirements into clear technical inputs for solution architects and engineering teams, ensuring technical and commercial alignment of proposals.

• Review contract technical schedules, performance guarantees and warranties to ensure they are deliverable.

• Capture field feedback and competitive technical intelligence to inform the product roadmap, development and pricing strategy.

Qualifications, Functional Experience & Skills

Required

· At least 5 years’ experience in sales engineering, pre-sales, applications or solutions engineering within data center/AIDC, BESS, energy infrastructure, or a similar relevant industry (e.g. oil & gas).

· Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems or a related technical discipline.

· Strong understanding of power electronics, MV/LV electrical systems, energy storage and grid interconnection.

· Proven ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and commercial audiences, with excellent communication and presentation skills.

· Ability to operate independently in a fast-growth environment and meet ambitious targets.

· Experience supporting high-value, complex sales, engaging and influencing multiple technical and senior stakeholders within a single customer organization.

· Experience using CRM/CPQ tools, ideally salesforce.com, for opportunity tracking and technical proposal configuration.

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with data center power architecture (UPS, switchgear, backup generation, power distribution).

• Professional engineering registration (e.g. PE or CEng) and familiarity with relevant standards (e.g. IEEE, IEC, NFPA, UL 9540).

• Had experience working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial, growth startup.

  The compensation range for this role is between $155,000-$190,000 + Benefits

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At TAE Power Solutions, we design power systems that use less but do more. Systems that charge faster, run stronger, go farther, and last longer. We inspire better ways to move, work, play, and live.

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