Associate, Renewable Energy Development Engineer

Copia Power; Dana Point (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k) company match

Annual bonus eligibility

Flexible work hours

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Copia Power is seeking an Associate, Development Engineering to help bring large-scale clean energy assets to the U.S. power grid.

You will support the development phase with preliminary designs, energy resource assessments, and performance testing standards while collaborating with Development, EPC, asset management, energy markets, legal, and finance teams. The role requires a proactive, data-driven engineer with strong communication skills and a passion for renewables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• 1–2 years of renewable energy experience is required.
• Strong understanding of renewable energy markets, solar energy technologies, and project finance principles.
• Proficiency with CAD tools and PVsyst or equivalent energy modeling software.
• Ability to work out of the Washington, D.C., Dana Point, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Salt Lake City, UT or Lake Oswego, OR office a minimum of 3 days a week.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Support development engineering by creating and managing preliminary designs for projects in development stage.
• Perform in-house preliminary designs 10% level using AutoCAD/Civil3D and PVcase layout tools.
• Develop energy resource assessment models.
• Contribute to energy assessment/production modeling and performance testing standards.
• Manage on-site solar resource assessment and deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to optimize project economics (LCOE, IRR) prior to EPC LNTP.
• Coordinate design standards with Copia EPC team for consistency.
• Provide input to Approved Vendor List by reviewing consultants and vendors.
• Contribute to development of development engineering processes for efficient evaluation of projects.

Skills

Engineering background

Renewable energy

CAD tools

Energy modeling

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PVsyst

Microsoft Office

Job description

Copia Power is seeking an Associate, Development Engineering to help bring large-scale clean energy assets to the U.S. power grid.

You will support the development phase with preliminary designs, energy resource assessments, and performance testing standards while collaborating with Development, EPC, asset management, energy markets, legal, and finance teams. The role requires a proactive, data-driven engineer with strong communication skills and a passion for renewables.