Senior Analyst – Solar

GreenPowerMonitor, a DNV company

Senior Analyst – Solar conducting assessments and analyses for solar energy projects in a hybrid role. Engaging with stakeholders and managing projects in a dynamic work environment.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,920 - $163,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzurePandasPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct long-term solar resource and energy production assessments for all scales including utility-scale, distributed generation, residential, commercial & industrial, microgrids, and community solar
Analyze climatic data and operational production and performance data from solar plants
Conduct statistical uncertainty analyses, account for various modeling, and system losses including degradation, and derive component parameters for energy modeling
Write technical reports and communicating results to Customers
Manage solar energy assessment projects, including customer facing interaction, and data management
Lead research, write papers, and present analysis on solar methods at industry conferences and workshops
Collaborate and build networks with industry, academia, and national labs
Lead Solar Modeling software development team
Determine the business case for all suggested improvements implemented in Solar Modeling Software to lead to faster turnaround time on deliverables and increase automation of processes
Prioritize all improvements and succinctly summarize in 12-month roadmap. Engage with all stakeholders e.g. energy analysts, internal and external, regional, global, and leadership
Support the energy assessment team by providing training or troubleshooting for data analysis tools
Together with the internal team, develop and maintain numerical analysis in Python or other computer programming languages
Contribute to a diverse working environment, proactively communicate to all stakeholders, give and take feedback, work independently, be accountable for the work performed and delivered
Requires 5% domestic, 5% international travel

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or relevant engineering, atmospheric science or quantitative field of study
Five (5) years of experience as a Solar Analyst, Energy Engineer, Energy Analyst or related role
Three (3) years of solar resource variability and its impact on energy estimates
Three (3) years of solar Measure Corelate and Predict (MCP) analysis
Three (3) years of fundamental solar modeling principles, familiarity in industry standard solar energy modeling software like SolarFarmer, pvlib, PVSyst, SAM
Five (5) years of uncertainty and statistical data analysis
Five (5) years of data analysis tools (Python, Pandas, Jupyter, Git, Azure DevOps, VS Code, Excel)
MS Office Word/Excel, SharePoint, Copilot
Working independently, in groups, and as leader
Streamlining processes by implementation of process improvement techniques
Managing multiple projects at a time and to approach tasks with a customer-centric mindset, with technical rigor and commercial acumen
Writing technical reports and commercial correspondence to verbally convey technical information in a clear and concise manner

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
401(k) with company match
Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
Education reimbursement program
Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
Career advancement opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

solar resource assessmentenergy production assessmentstatistical uncertainty analysisenergy modelingsolar modeling principlesdata analysisPythonMCP analysisprocess improvement techniquesnumerical analysis

Soft Skills

communicationproject managementleadershipcollaborationcustomer-centric mindsetindependenceaccountabilityfeedbacknetworkingtechnical rigor