Technical Support Engineer I

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

AspenTech is an AI-powered software company helping the world’s leading energy, chemical and engineering companies succeed in their digital transformation, making their operations more efficient and reducing impact on the environment. At AspenTech, you will be part of a global market-leading company with the goal of double-digit growth and a blue-chip customer base. We offer the opportunity to make an impact, to drive innovation and to be an agent of positive change.
Customer Support and Training teams are responsible for resolving customer issues, ensuring any customer experience is delivered to high quality standards and training, and working amongst cross-functional teams for the best solutions. Our goal is to continuously provide product improvements, business growth, with the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Your Impact

In this role, you will provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from our Cluj Napoca office (Emerson Campus) and from company and customer sites across Europe as required, the successful applicant will contribute to delivery excellence in customer support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries. As a Customer Support Engineer, your responsibilities will include to:

• Participate in customer meetings across the Europe region to understand support needs related to power system control applications. Assist in the planning and execution of support activities, including system troubleshooting, patch deployment, and performance optimization for SCADA-based solutions using the Monarch platform.
•  Support the configuration, maintenance, and diagnostics of hardware, software, and communication networks used in real-time control of electric power systems. Adapt SCADA system settings and network configurations to meet European customer requirements and compliance standards. Perform system validation and provide on-site or remote support under the supervision of senior or lead engineers.
•  Work alongside senior engineers to deliver technical assistance throughout the solution lifecycle—including post-deployment support and maintenance—by resolving alarms, telemetry issues, and operator interface concerns within the Monarch SCADA system. Contribute to the preparation of customer-facing documentation, troubleshooting procedures, and user training materials. Ensure all support activities meet agreed service levels and align with relevant European regulations, cybersecurity practices, and operational standards.
• Provide loyalty-inspiring customer service that drives user engagement and sustains product usage.
• Troubleshoot & resolve complex technical and/or engineering related problems reported by customers using AspenTech’s proprietary software.
• Responsible for the escalation of customer issues and driving the resolution cross-functionally within AspenTech.
• Deliver high-quality training classes, based on the relevant principles of engineering and industrial processes, to AspenTech customers .
• Develop and/or maintain customer focused training materials for new releases and new applications in the industry.
• Conduct pre-sales consultations, based on relevant engineering principles and industrial processes, to identify prospects’ business problems and articulate AspenTech’s products as the solution.
• Develop strong relationships with customers, building an understanding of their business needs and challenges.
• Collaboration with other AspenTech functions to maintain and develop business opportunities.
• Function as a subject matter expert in AspenTech’s pre-release software testing program to drive improved product quality.
• Other tasks may include: Conduct health checks on assigned accounts; deliver onsite support and consultancy; deploy AspenTech solutions in customer business environments; execute various departmental improvement projects as needed; author technical white papers for publication to AspenTech’s web knowledgebase.

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