Senior BESS Inverter Performance Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Identify and resolve performance issues related to inverters in active BESS projects.

• Prioritize and investigate issues, facilitating corrective measures with inverter suppliers.

• Conduct root cause analysis utilizing operational data, fundamental principles, site evidence, and technical evaluations.

• Maintain comprehensive logs of vendor issues, detailing status, root causes, corrective actions, validations, and closures.

• Review vendor release notes, firmware updates, design modifications, and retrofit proposals.

• Establish corrective actions, retrofit requirements, implementation strategies, validation criteria, and deployment timelines in collaboration with vendors.

• Diagnose issues related to voltage, frequency, real power, and reactive power distribution.

• Monitor retrofit implementations across various sites, including impacted assets, ownership details, deployment progress, validation evidence, risks, and closure criteria.

• Ensure all activities adhere to safety protocols, engineering standards, and company policies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, or mechanical engineering.

• At least five years of experience in the renewable energy sector and/or battery energy storage.

• In-depth knowledge of inverter operations, dispatch control, firmware/software behavior, control logic, and hardware design factors.

• Preferred knowledge of power systems, including voltage regulation, frequency response, and real/reactive power behavior in grid-connected environments.

• Proven experience in troubleshooting inverter or BESS performance issues utilizing operational data and event logs.

• Experience in managing corrective action or retrofit implementations across multiple sites.

• Proficiency in Excel, Smartsheet, or equivalent tools.

• Familiarity with SCADA protocols, such as DNP3 and Modbus.

• Understanding of industrial communication networks, including fiber optics, network switches, and TCP/IP.

• Ability to clearly communicate technical information with vendors, site teams, engineering departments, and management.

• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, with travel potentially requiring short notice.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus opportunities.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Health coverage options.

• Retirement planning options.

• Paid time off.

• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Performance-based bonuses.