Project Engineer – Solar Yield

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Conduct assessments of solar resources and energy yields for both utility-scale and distributed photovoltaic (PV) projects.

• Execute pre-construction and operational energy yield evaluations, which include:

• Gathering, validating, and analyzing meteorological, satellite-derived, and operational data sets.

• Performing solar resource assessments, including the creation of Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) datasets from long-term meteorological and satellite-derived data.

• Carrying out Measure-Correlate-Predict (MCP) analyses and making long-term resource adjustments.

• Assessing project risks, constraints, and factors influencing performance.

• Estimating plant losses.

• Conducting uncertainty analyses.

• Developing bankable energy yield estimates utilizing PVsyst and other industry-standard tools.

• Performing operational performance assessments and regression-based energy analyses.

• Take responsibility for segments of the company's solar resource and energy yield assessment methodologies and aid in their continuous development and enhancement.

• Present and clarify energy assessment methodologies, assumptions, results, and uncertainties to clients and investors.

• Oversee and guide client interactions, including technical execution and communication with clients.

• Carry out technical reviews and quality control of analyses and reports to ensure adherence to company standards and industry best practices.

• Collaborate closely with colleagues in due diligence, engineering, and project development teams to deliver high-quality outputs.

• Assist in business development through proposal writing, client meetings, conference participation, and technical presentations.

• Stay updated on industry advancements and emerging practices related to solar resource assessment and energy yield analysis.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of professional experience in solar resource assessment, energy yield assessment, performance engineering, project development, technical advisory, or a related area.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Physics, Meteorology, Applied Mathematics, Renewable Energy, or a related technical field.

• In-depth understanding of methodologies for solar resource assessment and estimation of solar energy production for photovoltaic projects.

• Proficiency in using PVsyst and other industry-standard solar modeling tools.

• Experience in performing MCP analyses, long-term resource assessments, and statistical evaluations of meteorological datasets.

• Strong grasp of plant losses, uncertainty analysis, degradation assumptions, and operational performance factors.

• Experience in preparing technical reports and presenting findings to clients and stakeholders.

• Ability to juggle multiple projects and work efficiently within a collaborative team environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent remote work opportunity!

• Competitive, benchmarked salary.

• Health and retirement benefits.

• Flexible time-off policy.

• Engaging, mission-driven work that makes a difference.

• Regular company off-site events.