PV Engineer: Vehicle-Integrated Solar – Hybrid

Lightyear; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range EUR 60,000-90,000,-

Good pension scheme

40 vacation days per year

Job summary

Lightyear develops advanced vehicle-integrated photovoltaic (ViPV) technology for clean mobility. As a PV Engineer, you will design and develop integrated PV systems for vehicles, working in Venray lab and production environments to ensure robust, automotive-grade solutions.

You will plan and execute experiments, build and test samples, and translate findings into design decisions while collaborating across PV research, manufacturing, testing, and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Materials Science, PV Engineering, Physics, or similar.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in PV or related field.
• Strength in PV module and system design and knowledge of materials used in PV modules.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop advanced integrated PV systems for vehicles.
• Improve double-curved solar panels by new materials and module architectures to increase efficiency, durability and manufacturability.
• Lead experimental work from requirements to test planning, build samples and analyze results.

Skills

Data analysis

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

JMP

Hands-on engineering

Education

Master’s Degree in Materials Science / PV Engineering / Physics

Tools

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

JMP

Job description

Lightyear develops advanced vehicle-integrated photovoltaic (ViPV) technology for clean mobility. As a PV Engineer, you will design and develop integrated PV systems for vehicles, working in Venray lab and production environments to ensure robust, automotive-grade solutions.

You will plan and execute experiments, build and test samples, and translate findings into design decisions while collaborating across PV research, manufacturing, testing, and suppliers.