HVAC Systems Applications Engineer

Are you passionate about working with customers to solve complex technical challenges? Do you have a strong engineering background and enjoy bridging the gap between technology and real-world applications? PassiveLogic is looking for a dedicated Building Systems Applications Engineer to provide expert guidance and support to our customers in deploying the PassiveLogic technology ecosystem to buildings.

About PassiveLogic®

PassiveLogic is the first fully autonomous platform for buildings. We’ve reinvented the fundamental principles of automation to democratize technology, optimize buildings, and reduce the world’s carbon footprint. We are a team of technologists, engineers, and creatives dedicated to making a sustainable impact through real-world solutions.

We are looking for team members who have a passion for technology and who want to work on cutting-edge problems with real-world solutions. Our culture is built on bringing together the most talented engineers, thinkers, and creatives—backed by the world’s leading investors—working together to make the future a reality.

About the Role

This is a career-defining opportunity to play a crucial role in a hyper-scale AI company that is transforming the future of autonomous systems, energy, and the built environment.

As an Applications Engineer, you will design building controls systems and work with customers to apply the PassiveLogic controls platform to their growing technical integration needs. You will do this by providing technical expertise, troubleshooting solutions, and ensuring seamless product integration into building systems. Your work will be instrumental in helping clients maximize the value of PassiveLogic's technology.

What you’ll do

Provide technical expertise: Assist customers in troubleshooting, setup, and optimization of our autonomous building platform.

Solving customer needs: Act as the primary technical point of contact, helping clients integrate PassiveLogic solutions into their workflows.

Coordinate hardware and software solutions: Work with clients to integrate PassiveLogic's hardware and software solutions into building management workflows.

Collaborate with internal teams: Work closely with engineering, product, and customer support teams to ensure customers receive the best possible support and product experience.

Support product deployments: Guide customers through the implementation process, ensuring smooth and efficient integration.

Gather and communicate feedback: Act as a key feedback loop between customers and internal teams to drive continuous improvement of our solutions.

What you’ll bring

If your experience does not meet all our posted requirements below, we’d still love to hear from you. We are looking for practitioners who are passionate about understanding people, committed to lifelong learning, and driven by the love of what they do. If that’s you, please apply!

You must have

• Proven experience:
• 3+ years in applications engineering, technical support, or a related field.
• Familiarity designing control systems, particularly HVAC systems.
• Familiarity with automation, IoT, or building control systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware/software integration challenges.
• Exceptional communication skills: Extraordinary teammate skills with a collaborative, interpersonal communication style. Strong customer-facing skills with an ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Organized and strategic: Creative thinker and strong problem solver with meticulous attention to detail.
• Collaborative mindset: Experience working across teams to drive customer success. Strong self-motivation towards PassiveLogic’s mission to “empower people through generative autonomy to solve the world’s largest climate challenges.”
• Adaptability: Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, eager to learn, iterate, and innovate.
• Problem solving: You own this role. When issues arise, be the empowered force that solves them, rolling-up.

You should have

• Hands-on experience with system integration, networking, or automation technologies.
• Strong documentation and training skills to assist customers in understanding PassiveLogic solutions.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of customer challenges.
• Experience with the programming environment, including software development and exposure to varied programming languages (Python, Swift, etc).

It’s helpful to have

• Familiarity with AI-driven control platforms, smart building technology, or automation industry standards.
• Understanding of energy-efficient building systems and sustainability initiatives.

We know there are candidates who might not fit everything we’ve described above, or who might have experience and skills we haven’t considered. PassiveLogic can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities to the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background. Even if you don’t meet all the requirements above, we still want to hear from you.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous equity share package
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Disability and life Insurance options
• Flex PTO
• Team-building events
• Free catered lunch in the office Monday — Friday
• Free ski pass (We are at the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon)
• Free National Park pass

When applying, include:

• A cover letter telling us why you're the perfect candidate for PassiveLogic
• A resume
• Extra mile — include a description of a project (of any type) you personally created, devised, built, managed, organized, or designed that was of your own self-initiative

Diversity and inclusion

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is woven into our values and everything we do. We welcome all—come as you are and bring your whole self. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity every day by maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for our employees at every stage of their careers.