Product developer

Your role

As a Product Developer, you are responsible for developing, improving, and validating battery systems and services for our customers within the Neargrid ecosystem. Supporting customers is an integral part of this role: not as a traditional service function, but as a way to stay in touch with the end application, real-life usage scenarios, and specific customer needs. You translate the insights you gain into better designs and more robust systems.

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Your responsibilities

Product development & engineering (core focus)

· Developing, improving, and optimizing existing and new battery systems and associated asset management and energy management services

· Supervising and managing the design cycle from functional design to detailed engineering,

· Defining and implementing control software where necessary

· Improving existing designs with a focus on reliability, scalability, and serviceability

· Monitoring and coordinating design modifications with suppliers

· Evaluating and integrating new components and subsystems

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Testing & validation

· Performing tests to validate new designs

· Validating existing systems to determine whether they can be incorporated into the Neargrid ecosystem

· Analyzing and documenting test results

· Contributing to decisions regarding product and system architecture

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Technical support (feedback from practice)

· Supporting customers with technical problems on site

· Analyzing malfunctions and system behavior in real-world conditions

· Feedback from practical experience to design and development teams

· Collaborate on structural solutions instead of ad hoc fixes

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Innovation & technology

· Actively monitoring new technologies and market developments

· Evaluating their applicability in existing and new products

· Contributing ideas about future product and system roadmaps

Your profile

· Mid-level profile with 3–5 years of relevant experience (more experience is certainly welcome)

· Technical background (electrical engineering, electromechanics, automation, energy, or equivalent)

· Strong analytical skills and a hands-on approach

· Interest in the entire product life cycle: from concept to deployment on site

· Willing to travel internationally, mainly within Europe

· Fluent knowledge of Dutch and English; knowledge of other European languages is a plus

What we offer

· A substantive product development role with direct impact

· Close link between development and real-world applications

· Space to help determine designs, architectures, and standards

· Working in a technical scale-up with short decision-making lines

· Competitive remuneration based on experience

A package of extra-legal benefits

A company vehicle with a loading card

12 ADV days and flexible working hours

Home office possible·       

. Opportunities for advancement to senior, lead, or architecture roles

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Interested?

Would you like to develop products that not only look good on paper, but are also proven in the field?
Then we would love to meet you.

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About Neargrid

Near Grid Solutions is a leading scale-up specializing in the development of innovative battery systems and other solutions that accelerate the energy transition in the construction sector. With our advanced technologies, we strive to provide our customers with a sustainable and efficient electricity supply on the construction site. We work with partners and distributors in various countries and support our customers right down to the construction site. Reliable and well-organized support is crucial in this regard. Neargrid is active in the Benelux, Germany, France, and the Middle East.

Neargrid's core values are performance, reliability, and empowerment. Neargrid's energy solutions follow a design logic based on customer centricity, a superior user experience, and excellent system performance.

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