Our Mission
SPAN is enabling electrification for all ⚡
We are a mission-driven company designing, building, and deploying products that electrify the built environment, reduce carbon emissions, and slow the effects of climate change.
Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.
Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.
At SPAN, we believe in
Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy
Making electrification upgrades possible
Building more resilient homes with reliable backup
Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid
The Role
Want to save the world from climate change? And to ride in with a superhero cape to solve tricky customer issues? If you love the adventure of working for a fast-paced startup and enjoy solving new challenges each day, look no further. SPAN is hiring a Service Engineer.
Sitting within SPAN’s Operations group and reporting to our Service Engineering Manager, you will join a team of fellow Service Engineers. The Service Engineering team has two charters. One is to be the Tier 3 escalation point for our Tier 1 and 2 customer support team for resolving technically complex product issues in the field. The second is to manage our field service dispatches by coordinating with installers and homeowners.
Your objective is to deliver excellent service to our technically-minded installers and our non-technical homeowner customers. You will need to be a strong partner to customer support and a bridge to various engineering teams all while driving technically challenging issues to resolution with a strong sense of urgency. A SPAN Service Engineer is patient, has a generalist’s mindset, and is an excellent technical problem solver.
Responsibilities
Troubleshooting and customer service
Respond within the agreed upon timeframe (SLA) to issues escalated from Tier 1 and 2 and to responses from customers
Shepherd issues through to resolution with a sense of urgency, coordinating with all the necessary partners, including support, engineering, customers, and installers.
Collaborate with teammates on handling challenging troubleshooting issues
Participate in feedback loops (e.g. retrospectives) with Engineering and Customer Support
Use non GUI product access paths and tools (SSH, CLI) for higher level troubleshooting
Create and run basic scripts and light coding for queries into the product and various databases
Using a systems mindset, mine data and coalesce multiple site issues into one coherent problem statement
Build deep technical knowledge of our products and continuously deepen your own technical skills
Document and teach what you know to fellow Service Engineers
Embrace a continuous improvement mindset and suggest ways for the team to improve. This might mean suggesting new features for our internal troubleshooting tools, improvements to our core products, or changes to our SOPs
Contribute to the build out of out our library of troubleshooting documentation
Coordinate with your teammates to ensure we hit our coverage targets
Ensure clean handoffs between shifts through clear notes, and strict process adherence
About You
Required Qualifications
You…
Have 2+ years of experience as a service engineer, product support engineer, or similar role
Have experience working within a ticketing tool (e.g. Zendesk, JIRA, Salesforce, etc.)
Have experience troubleshooting networking issues and/or IoT devices
Have experience working in Linux systems
Have experience with SQL and command line interfaces
Are an excellent problem solver and possess a demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with a sense of urgency
Easily adapt your communication for different audiences (highly technical vs not technical)
Are deeply empathetic, enjoy speaking with customers, and bring a customer orientation to your work
Enjoy being a generalist and having your hands in a bit of everything