ASSET DATA ACQUISITION ENGINEER INTERN

Candi Solar; Pune District; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A renewable energy company in India is seeking an ambitious and energetic Asset Data Acquisition Engineer Intern to help deliver premium solar solutions. The role requires creativity and proactive involvement in setup and maintenance of data acquisition systems. Responsibilities include ensuring data quality, assisting the maintenance team, and supporting asset management in resolving communication issues. Ideal candidates will have a university background in relevant engineering fields and a desire to work in a multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• University graduate in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of PLCs, data loggers, and industrial automation.
• Interest in IT systems, SCADA, and industrial automation.
• Highly analytical and good at finding data inconsistencies.
• Autonomous problem solver with critical thinking.
• Experience in PLC coding is a plus.
• Desire to work internationally and collaborate across cultures.

Responsibilities

• Setup and maintain data acquisition hardware and infrastructure.
• Ensure data export specifications compliance and integrity.
• Maximize Solar PV production by ensuring high data quality.
• Assist Maintenance team with hardware troubleshooting.
• Support maintenance of PLC logics for energy management.
• Resolve communication issues within asset management team.

Job description

Company Profile

Candi is a dedicated PV focused renewable energy company for businesses across Asia and Africa. We bring together international capital, through our Swiss-based platform, and local expertise in order to provide a unique offering to this unserved sector. In doing so, Candi aims to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets. www.candi.solar

Job Summary

The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Asset Data Acquisition Engineer Intern role within India, who will help Candi to further deliver premium solar solutions. Given that Candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and proactive involvement.

Responsibilities

• Setup and maintenance of data acquisition hardware & infrastructure from the Solar PV systems to the cloud servers.
• Oversee technical data export specification compliance, validity, integrity and delivery consistency.
• Contribute to the maximization of Solar PV production units by ensuring high data quality and availability.
• Assist Maintenance team in the field to troubleshoot hardware setup.
• Support maintenance of PLC logics and functionalities for energy management and control.
• Support the Asset Data Acquisition and Asset Management team in resolving communication issues.

Location

• Pune.
• Flexibility to work from home on a regular basis (hybrid work).
• Occasional travel to candi sites and candi offices in India.

Hours

Full time (five days per week)

Job Requirements

• University graduate (BTech / BEng / Mechatronics/ Electrical Engineering / Industrial Automation / Networking / Energy Systems), or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of programmable logic controllers, data loggers and industrial automation.
• Interest in hands‑on IT systems / SCADA / Industrial Automations systems work (occasionally in the field).
• Highly analytical individual good at finding inconsistencies in larger data samples.
• Autonomous and persistent problem solver applying critical thinking without relying on spoon fed instructions.
• Experience in PLC coding is a plus.
• Desire to work in an open international environment, sharing ideas and learnings across borders and cultures.

Working Culture Requirements

• You agree to live out the Candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we work as one and follow the Candi principle that less is more.
• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale‑up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• Candi is an equal opportunities employer.

Candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client‑centric & innovation‑driven working culture.
• We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.