Urban Grid

Full-stack Engineer

• Lead PV and BESS performance modeling efforts utilizing PVsyst and other tools to support business development, development engineering, project finance, asset management, and M&A activities.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to internal teams, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and defensibility of performance models and assumptions across all projects.
• Develop, review, and standardize methodologies for generating P50/P90 energy estimates and associated uncertainty analyses for both solar and storage assets.
• Support M&A and project acquisition activities by conducting technical diligence, reviewing third-party energy assessments, identifying risks, and validating performance assumptions.
• Partner with Finance, Business Development, and Engineering teams to evaluate and optimize project designs to maximize financial returns and minimize risk.
• Provide engineering input into system design decisions, including PV modules, inverters, trackers, and BESS configurations, dispatch assumptions, and degradation profiles.
• Evaluate and optimize hybrid plant configurations (solar + storage) to enhance overall project performance and value.
• Engage with EPCs and external partners on all matters related to plant performance and modeling to support project execution through construction and into operation.
• Review and validate performance modeling inputs.
• Analyze project data and simulation results to quantify uncertainty and ensure high-quality reporting that supports internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate with internal and external engineering and construction teams on commissioning, substantial completion, and capacity testing (including ASTM standards).
• Support construction and operations teams in evaluating plant performance during commissioning and ongoing O&M phases.
• Stay current on advancements in solar and BESS technologies, performance modeling tools, and industry standards, and contribute to the development of new methodologies and tools.
• Develop and enhance internal analytical tools (e.g., Excel VBA, Python) to improve modeling efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Provide technical support in resolving performance-related issues, discrepancies, or disputes with internal stakeholders and external counterparties.
• Prepare and present performance analyses, methodologies, and recommendations to a wide range of audiences, including senior leadership.
• Perform ad-hoc engineering analyses to support strategic initiatives, project evaluations, and continuous improvement efforts.

Lead Engineer, Performance & Optimization