Technical Consultant-Inverters & Storage

Our client: PI Berlin (www.pi-berlin.com) is a leading technical advisor, risk manager and quality assurance provider for PV power plants and equipment. With its experienced team of researchers, scientists and engineers, PI Berlin offers a wide range of design, testing and evaluation services with a focus on the risk management and quality assurance of PV equipment and PV power plants.

PI Berlin has a permanent subsidiary located in Bilbao since 2019 and became part of the Kiwa Group in 2022.

Job purpose: Reporting to the Head of QA Services, he/she will be responsible for leading the technical area, supervising the quality of the work carried out as well as constantly defining and improving the standards and protocols of the area. At the same time, he/she must provide support to the commercial area in pre-sales tasks and guarantee the adequate transfer of knowledge to the organization.

In more detail he/she will be responsible for the following duties:

• Support in tender processes on behalf of the buyer.


• Carry out technological advice on components.


• Support in arbitrations as an expert.


• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures in the field. Occasional travel to factory and field will be required.


• Offer advice to both the client and the commercial area on the technical elements required by the client.


• Carry out technological surveillance and be aware of new publications related to the application area.


• Issue working hypotheses about possible improvements or innovations that can be introduced in the company's procedures, techniques, technologies, products or services.


• Manage assigned projects, ensuring their efficiency - deadline, cost, profitability - of these.


• Coordinate with other experts within the PI/Kiwa group located in China, USA; Germany and Netherlands.


• Manage QA projects during manufacturing.

It offers: Incorporation into a young and dynamic work environment, with high degree of specialization and the opportunity to learn and develop in an international environment. Good conditions to reconcile: flexible schedule, home office 3 days per week and 30 days of vacation per year.

Successful candidates will have:

• Degree in engineering, a master in renewable energies will be valued.


• 2 years of experience in contact with components of power electronics, such as inverters, transformers, storage systems…


• Knowledge in the area of ??inverters (manufacturing process, reliability tests, regulations, ability to technically negotiate equipment purchase contracts, knowledge of failures in operation and how to carry out root cause analysis…)


• Technical knowledge of storage systems (manufacturing processes, sizing, regulations, hydrogen hybridization…)


• Technical knowledge of transformers and medium voltage cells will be valued


• Fluency in English is essential. Knowledge of additional languages is an asset.


• Experience working with teams across multiple locations would be valued.


• Personal skills such as: proactivity, reliability, teamwork, good customer relations and negotiating skills.