Description
**Job Family:** Electrification & Automation
**Req ID:** 500878
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation. We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That is why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?
**About Siemens Electrification & Automation** (EA)
We deliver world-class power distribution, medium-voltage and low-voltage switchgear, protection, and automation solutions that help modernize electrical grids through IoT, digitalization, and innovative products. Our Power Academy — part of a state-of-the-art Customer Experience Center — is a hub for practical, industry-leading training delivered by experts.
**Transform the everyday with us.**
**We are looking for a Solar PV Instructor (Central & String Inverters). This position will be based in San Antonio, TX.**
This role delivers hands-on, instructor-led training focused on commissioning, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of solar inverter systems. The position translates real-world PV field experience into repeatable learning that improves system reliability, startup quality, and operational performance for customers and internal teams. Training is primarily delivered in a lab environment at Siemens’ Power Academy, with occasional customer-site sessions.
**You’ll make a difference by:**
+ **Delivering instructor-led, hands-on technical training** covering commissioning, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and firmware updates for solar inverter systems.
+ **Teaching structured commissioning workflows** for string inverters, including installation verification, startup validation, and common commissioning issues.
+ **Training O&M best practices** for central inverters, including operating modes, inspections, preventive maintenance, and safe field practices.
+ **Guiding firmware update execution** with emphasis on planning, prerequisites, validation, documentation, and rollback strategies.
+ **Developing and maintaining courseware** such as presentations, lab exercises, troubleshooting scenarios, job aids, and assessments.
+ **Owning and maintaining training lab environments** to ensure realistic, functional, and repeatable hands-on learning scenarios.
+ **Collaborating cross-functionally** with engineering, product management, service, and sales teams to align training with product updates and field trends.
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, power systems, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
+ 3+ years of experience with the following:
+ Knowledge of Siemens PV products and inverter systems, or similar technologies.
+ Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot firmware, software, and hardware problems.
+ Strong communication skills—able to explain complex technical topics in clear, practical terms so learners quickly understand and can apply them.
+ Up to 10% travel may be required if located near San Antonio, TX.
+ Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience with utility-scale PV inverters and integrated power systems
+ Familiarity with grid codes, SCADA, Modbus, IEC 61850, system commissioning, and performing field diagnostics
+ Experience delivering technical training in a lab or customer-facing environment.
+ Familiarity with central and string inverter platforms in utility-scale solar applications.
+ Experience developing modular technical training materials and troubleshooting exercises.
+ Strong ability to tailor technical content for technicians, engineers, and supervisors.
74,970 128,520
**Organization:** Smart Infrastructure
**Job Type:** Full-time
**Category:** Customer Services
