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As a Product Engineer supporting wildfire mitigation initiatives, you will serve as the voice of the customer, helping shape product features, workflows, and documentation that solve real-world challenges. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with customers, researchers, power engineers, and R&D teams to advance wildfire monitoring and mitigation solutions, influence product development, and support technologies that improve grid resiliency and situational awareness. Through a combination of technical expertise, customer engagement, product validation, and innovation, you will help transform complex requirements into practical solutions that are intuitive, effective, and impactful.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nServe as the primary contact for customers interested in partnering for wildfire mitigation research as well as support existing partnerships.\nDevelop and maintain an in-depth understanding of SEL automation, communications, and software products, their applications in the partnership projects, as well as other solutions on the market to provide customers with the best possible research setup.\nAct as the voice of the customer by understanding customer challenges, workflows, and requirements, in the automation, communication, and software domain and translating them into features, functionality, and user experiences.\nWork closely with R&D engineers to define product requirements, and ensure product features meet customer and market expectations.\nMaintain an operational understanding of automation architectures, communications systems, and software platforms used in utility environments.\nDevelop expertise in data acquisition, storage, and visualization technologies such as InfluxDB, Telegraf, Grafana, and related software tools used to support wildfire mitigation research and monitoring applications.\nCollaborate closely with power engineers and researchers to develop solutions that support wildfire detection, monitoring, situational awareness, and grid resiliency initiatives.\nPrepare documentation guides, instruction manuals, release notes, technical papers, and customer-facing training materials.\nPerform product validation testing and approve validation results.\nAssist with developing concept documents, system architectures, and new product ideas within R&D.\nRequired Qualifications\nB.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.\n2+ years of working knowledge of automation, communications, software integration, and/or electric utility systems.\nUnderstanding of industrial networking, communications systems, and automation practices.\nFamiliarity with data collection, time-series databases, and visualization tools such as Grafana, InfluxDB, Telegraf, or similar platforms.\nExcellent technical presentation, training, and writing skills.\nStrong customer-facing communication and relationship-building skills.\nInterest in customer workflows and translating customer needs into product features and documentation.\nUnderstanding of electric power systems and utility operations is a plus.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with SEL automation, communications, or software products.\nExperience with electric utility communications, SCADA, or system integration.\nExperience specifying graphical user interfaces and customer-facing software features.\nLocation\nThis position has the option to be location in Pullman or Lynnwood, WA.\nPullman, WA - SEL corporate office is located in Eastern Washington where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and universities.\nLynnwood, WA - This position is located in Lynnwood, WA, just north of Seattle. Enjoy the convenience of a vibrant suburban community with easy access to shopping, dining, and entertainment, while staying close to the outdoor recreation and natural beauty the Pacific Northwest is known for. Lynnwood offers excellent amenities, great schools, and a high quality of life.\nCompetitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work. \nPeople are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.\nWe’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.\nWe offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.\nWe recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.\nWe foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs. \nAsk our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.\nSalary Range Data\nWe anticipate filling this position as a Product Engineer: $89,000 - $134,000 annually. Our compensation ranges are based on the responsibilities of the role. Starting pay is determined individually and considers factors such as relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and training. Candidates may be considered at different levels based on their background. As a result, pay may vary to align with the level of the role.\nCommunication with Applicants \nWe communicate with all applicants. 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