AMER SE Utility Application Engineer

Location:

Americas (Remote/Hybrid)

Position Summary:

Bentley is seeking an experienced Application Engineer, Energy, Utilities & Digital Grid Solutions to serve as a technical subject matter expert supporting Bentley's portfolio of solutions for electric utilities, renewable generation, transmission and distribution, substations, industrial power systems, and digital infrastructure workflows. This role works closely with Account Managers, Solution Engineers, Product Management, Professional Services, and users to demonstrate business value, provide technical guidance, support evaluations, and help organizations modernize the planning, design, construction, and operation of critical energy infrastructure.

Unlike a product-specialist role focused on a single solution, this position spans a broad portfolio and requires the ability to connect customer challenges with the most appropriate combination of Bentley technologies and workflows. This is an individual contributor role.

• Support sales pursuits through technical discovery, solution alignment, demonstrations, workshops, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Participate in customer-facing meetings to understand business challenges and technical requirements.
• Translate industry challenges into solution-based recommendations.
• Collaborate with Solution Engineers and Account Managers on strategic opportunities.
• Deliver compelling presentations to technical and executive audiences.
• Assist with proposal responses, technical evaluations, and competitive positioning.
• Develop and maintain expertise across Bentley’s energy and utility portfolio, including electrical network analysis, substation and transmission design, renewable energy, utility digital delivery, and infrastructure engineering solutions.
• Advise users, project teams, and technical stakeholders throughout evaluation and adoption activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, project delivery performance, and asset outcomes.
• Connect customer business goals with appropriate technical solutions and share industry best practices.
• Capture market, industry, and user feedback and communicate enhancement opportunities and product requirements to Product Management.
• Participate in beta, early access, and innovation programs.
• Build and maintain demonstration materials, industry-specific workflows, use cases, and reusable technical content.
• Support field enablement through training and technical coaching.
• Partner with Solution Engineering, Account Management, Product Management, Product Development, Professional Services, User Success, and Industry Marketing.
• Assist with sales-to-services handoff activities and contribute to strategic account planning.
• Support major customer engagements, executive briefings, and industry events.
• Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer.

• Load flow analysis
• Short circuit studies
• Protective device coordination
• Arc flash analysis
• Reliability and resiliency planning

• Physical and electrical substation design
• Transmission line workflows
• Grid modernization initiatives
• Protection and control engineering

• Solar generation projects
• Wind generation projects
• Geothermal projects
• New nuclear projects
• Battery energy storage systems (BESS)
• Interconnection studies
• Grid integration programs

• Project Wise
• Infrastructure digital twins
• Engineering information management
• Design collaboration workflows
• Asset lifecycle information management

• Energy project design workflows
• Civil and site design integration
• Construction and project controls
• Asset performance and operational intelligence

• Bachelor's degree in…