Energy Efficiency Engineer: Data & Modeling

Qualus Corporation; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking an Energy Engineer in Reno, Nevada to support Evaluation Measurement & Verification projects for utility clients. You will perform basic engineering analyses of building energy systems across industries, develop models, and contribute to data collection and reporting.

The role emphasizes data analysis in Excel and R, knowledge of energy efficiency concepts, and collaboration with senior engineers to estimate energy savings. Travel and site assessments may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using data management and analysis software (e.g., R).

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply models to address different types of research questions using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Manage data, including organizing and managing data sets to maintain data integrity using Excel and R and other data management tools.
• Conduct data analysis.
• Apply and document appropriate and careful data cleaning techniques.
• Calculate and interpret basic statistics (e.g., means, etc.) and relationships (e.g., correlations, etc.) in quantitative data and summarize qualitative data.
• Formulate key findings from analysis.
• Knowledge of Energy Efficiency products and how they work.
• Knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical systems and how they relate to energy efficiency.
• Experience with regression analysis and other statistical modeling is a plus.
• Experience using eQuest, EnergyPlus, and other industry standard software tools is a plus.
• Experience performing data analysis in R is a plus.
• Work under senior engineering staff to apply calculations, algorithms, and/or modeling to estimate savings of individual energy efficiency and demand response measures in commercial and industrial buildings.
• Support senior engineering staff with data acquisition and cleaning.
• Conduct basic site assessments at customer facilities.
• Write clear and concise technical reports explaining analysis results and findings to Qualus staff.
• Ensure quality by reviewing project data for accuracy, errors, and completeness, and ensuring accuracy of all reported results.
• Proactively check own work (data, analysis, writing) to ensure accuracy.
• Communicate with project leads on quality control approaches and results.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

R

Job description

Qualus is seeking an Energy Engineer in Reno, Nevada to support Evaluation Measurement & Verification projects for utility clients. You will perform basic engineering analyses of building energy systems across industries, develop models, and contribute to data collection and reporting.

The role emphasizes data analysis in Excel and R, knowledge of energy efficiency concepts, and collaboration with senior engineers to estimate energy savings. Travel and site assessments may be required.