Senior Performance Engineer - Solar

Leading Solar Company offering: Salary + Bonus, Unlimited PTO, Company Paid Health Benefits, 401K with Company Match
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Salary: $110,000 - $120,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are a leader in the Renewable Energy (Solar) industry. We are seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to join our growing team.
At this time we are only considering candidates with direct experience working with utility scale solar/renewable Photovoltaic (PV) systems .
This is a remote opportunity - (approximately 10% travel)
Description:
The Senior Performance Engineer will serve a crucial role in helping to steer the design and planning of upcoming utility scale PV projects in the company’s pipeline. The Performance Engineer will report to the Lead Performance Engineer. They will both support the company’s pipeline of projects through EPC agreement reviews, creating energy models for internal review and also help to review energy models created by external parties (e.g. independent engineers), running comparative simulations to assist in cost-benefit analyses to ensure the optimal design decisions are being made, and capacity/performance testing support.

Why join us?

• Salary + Bonus
• Medical, dental, vision – eligible 1st of the month of after start date (BCBS- medical) standard PPO plan is free for employee
• 401k with company match
• Employee Equity Participation Plan
• Unlimited PTO

Job Details

Qualifications:

• 4-5 years of engineering experience with at least 2-3 in PV Performance Engineering with utility scale solar/renewable Photovoltaic (PV) systems
• Prior knowledge of PV devices, system design, technology, and its performance characteristics
• Knowledge of the various meteo databases and be able to recommend the best match for each project site
• Experience with PVSyst and other PV software/models
• Skilled and competent with P50 Production & Insolation analysis techniques
• Ability to analyze, verify, and summarize complex data.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting design documents associated with PV systems.
• Skilled in the use of a personal computer and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Power Point) and experience with analytical computer applications (ex. Tableau, SQL, PVSyst, Excel etc.)
• Experienced working with large quantities of data

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience converting solar CAD layouts to PVCase files for importing into PVSyst
• Preferred – Ability to create and edit energy modeling and PV design analytical tools in Python
• Knowledge related to solar performance and capacity testing standards such as
• ASTM E2848 Standard Test Method for Reporting Photovoltaic Non-Concentrator System Performance
• ASTM E2939 Standard Practice for Determining Reporting Conditions and Expected Capacity for Photovoltaic Non-Concentrator Systems
• IEC 61724 Photovoltaic system performance
• NREL Weather-Corrected Performance Ratio (Weather-Corrected Performance Ratio (nrel.gov))
• Previous experience with basic SQL database queries and database management
• Basic programing skills

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or related field

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