
Performance Engineer
esVolta, LP
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 per year
About the role
- Own the operational performance engineering and reporting for esVolta’s deployed BESS, focusing on system performance improvement.
- Evaluate asset performance against contractual commitments during execution and operation phases, and create baseline reports.
- Support the development of technical performance contract language for EPC agreements.
- Develop software to generate actionable insights from performance data using data mining and statistical analysis techniques.
- Conduct computationally efficient exploratory data analysis, anomaly detection, and projection methodologies.
- Develop systems to automatically detect performance degradations and correlate them to specific causes and improvements.
- Create systems for automatic reporting of Energy Storage health and deploy interventions based on management by exception criteria.
- Collaborate with Operations Engineering to identify and resolve technical issues, working closely with the Asset Management Team and equipment suppliers to address system deficiencies or malfunctions.
- Consolidate energy production and financial model inputs and analysis to support performance-related aspects of power purchase agreements, EPC contracts, interconnection agreements, and equipment warranties.
- Validate performance against base case financial assumptions.
- Review technical documents and acceptance test results, comparing them to contractual standards.
Requirements
- 3 years of experience in energy storage.
- ABET accredited bachelor’s degree (Masters preferred) in Engineering and/or data science.
- Professional Engineering status preferred.
- Highly proficient in software engineering with experience in Python, SQL, data visualization, and artificial intelligence.
- Experience working with Cloud computing services and databases.
- Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and data mining techniques such as; regression, multilevel regression, forecasting, decision trees, etc.
- Familiarity with SCADA, communication protocols, and controls.
- Proficient at breaking down goals into tangible and actionable work plans.
- Superior communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Willingness to be remotely based and ability to travel to project sites as required.
Benefits
- 20 vacation days, 5 sick days and 9 observed holidays
- 401k program with 6% match
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Medical, dental and vision care benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLdata visualizationartificial intelligencestatistical analysisdata miningregressionforecastingdecision treesexploratory data analysis
Soft Skills
communication skillspresentation skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationorganizational skillsanalytical thinkinggoal settingadaptabilityattention to detailinterpersonal skills
Certifications
ABET accredited degreeProfessional Engineering status