Provides global operations & maintenance for solar PV and battery storage systems.
The Senior Performance Engineer will be the designated contact for a set of operating plant, and they are accountable for accurate data and obligated reports. Additional analyses may be assigned at the request of external and internal customers. These evaluations will assess items such as equipment health, financial projections, energy credits, degradation, soiling, system issue diagnosis, and economic optimization. Some custom reporting will be as required by specific customer contracts or regulatory bodies. Further, the Senior Performance Engineer will develop methods that improve automated reporting systems in the areas of data validation, missed data collection, data curation, and troubleshooting tools.
The Senior Performance Engineer will work closely with our remote operations centers and may assist in the development of advanced monitoring tools used to detect fleet operating issues. Work will include deriving more powerful metrics and techniques such as predictive maintenance triggers.
The Senior Performance Engineer may assist our sales teams by: establishing project guarantees and the associated risk, review of performance models that project guarantees, negotiate agreements, assist in a timely fashion on sales support and customer negotiations as the performance expert.
The Senior Performance Engineer will have deep knowledge of the theory and computer modeling platforms to simulate PV plant performance, determine if installed systems are exceeding production targets, and providing general diagnostic assessments when needed. The Senior Performance Engineer will need to keep abreast of latest theoretical developments and technologies. This may require participation in international code writing committees, presenting papers, and moderating panels at international symposiums.
At a high level, the Senior Performance Engineer is managing the portfolios of solar PV generating fleets. This is an internal stakeholder and external customer facing role. Key responsibilities will center around maintaining operating indicators at high levels, alerting service managers of trending issues, providing research and analytical support for diagnosing field problems, creating and executing on plant betterment action plans, and developing advanced computational methods. Also, as a core member of the O&M team, the Senior Performance Engineer may be involved in complex contract negotiations as the representative subject matter expert.
The Senior Performance Engineer may be responsible for the demonstration of project guarantees. These efforts include authoring and ratifying performance test procedures, being responsible for the accuracy of all instrumentation and confirming that the installed instrumentation meets testing goals, being responsible for the accuracy of all calculations. If necessary, the Performance Engineer will direct all testing activity that includes coordinating all stakeholders and publishing final reports.
The Senior Performance Engineer will help improve the bottom-line for our customers by proposing solutions to improve equipment uptime and generation potential. This may be completed by diagnosing issues that degrade capability and proposing recommended solutions. These solutions may involve capital investment in equipment and improved processes. Solutions may require the participation of other company departments as well as customer engagement. The Performance Engineer shall create clear and concise proposals. If accepted, the Performance Engineer may be expected to lead their project to completion.
The Senior Performance Engineer will have a solid understanding of instrumentation systems including primary sensors, analogue to digital conversion, signal conditioning and scaling, data logging, transport and archival. Specifically, an understanding is most important for power meters and meteorological measurement devices (insolation, and ambient conditions).
Education, Skills, and Related Work Experience (5-10 years in performance engineering, reliability engineering, or similar)
The Senior Performance Engineer will have a solid understating in the statistical propagation of measurement error and will have the ability to conduct a formal uncertainty analysis that provides confidence intervals surrounding results based on instrumentation systems and correction methods.
Potential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role.
Performance Theory and Modeling
Sign-on bonus: Offering a $2,000 signing bonus.