Salary
💰 $95,000 - $120,000 per year
About the role
- Design and engineer commercial PV solar systems between 100kW and 20MW in size
- Develop construction documents using AutoCAD
- Develop specifications, collect data, and complete utility interconnection applications and building permit applications
- Coordinate activities between clients, utilities, permit agencies, contractors, and other engineering firms
- Travel to project sites from time to time to gather site-specific data, as required
- Perform site assessment and analysis both from on-site data collection and network tools
- Perform site specific production analysis of PV arrays using models such as PVsyst
- Integrate energy storage systems into the solar PV system
- Provide mentorship and training to new and junior engineering personnel
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Power Engineering, Energy Engineering, Sustainable Energy, or a related field (or foreign equivalent)
- Requires any amount of knowledge of: Engineering Drafting or Engineering Design Knowledge; Low and/or Medium Voltage Knowledge; Solar PV or Solar Cell Knowledge; Engineering Software Knowledge (AutoCAD, Solidworks, or CAD)
- Experience with AutoCAD or other CAD software
- Site assessment and analysis skills (on-site data collection and network tools)
- Site-specific production analysis of PV arrays using models such as PVsyst
- Ability to integrate energy storage systems into solar PV systems
- Experience preparing utility interconnection applications and building permit applications
- Ability to coordinate with clients, utilities, permit agencies, contractors, and other engineering firms
- Domestic travel primarily throughout the U.S. required ~10% of the time
- Must have authority to work permanently in the U.S.