Alternatively, 2–4 years in a related technical role (technical program management, applications engineering, project engineering, commissioning/controls engineering, or NOC/fleet operations), ideally working with battery energy storage systems (Tesla, Fluence, Sungrow, LG, etc.) and a clear interest in moving into product. Working knowledge of device communication and messaging protocols (e.g., Modbus, DNP3, NATS) or experience integrating with third-party hardware vendors with different APIs, firmware versions and data formats.