Engineering Intern: Solar Design & AutoCAD

Venture Home Solar, LLC; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Home Solar, LLC in Stamford, CT seeks a Residential Solar Engineering Design Manager to lead the technical quality, standards, and workflow of our residential plan set operation. This hands-on role requires expert AutoCAD skills and extensive experience creating and reviewing residential solar permit plan sets.

The ideal candidate will review complex projects, set drafting standards, and help automate plan set production.

Qualifications

• Expert AutoCAD proficiency.
• Experience creating residential solar permit plan sets.
• Experience reviewing and quality-checking residential solar plan sets.
• Strong understanding of residential solar PV system design, construction, and permitting.
• Experience with residential solar electrical drawings (single-line and/or three-line).
• Ability to identify and correct technical issues within drawings.
• Ability to train and mentor designers.
• Willingness to commute to Stamford, CT.

Responsibilities

• Oversee creation, review, revision, and final delivery of residential solar permit plan sets.
• Perform detailed quality-control reviews and ensure plans meet requirements.
• Personally review and troubleshoot complex residential solar projects when needed.
• Serve as AutoCAD SME and improve templates, blocks, and drafting standards.
• Develop and maintain AutoCAD templates, blocks, details, notes, and standards.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive AutoCAD tasks.
• Review residential solar electrical drawings (single-line/three-line).
• Coordinate engineering requirements and PE review where needed.
• Ensure designs and permit/construction plan sets stay aligned.
• Manage plan set revisions and prioritization of workflow.
• Train, mentor, and provide technical guidance to designers.
• Coordinate with third-party plan set providers.

Skills

AutoCAD

Plan set design

Quality control

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Aurora Solar

Salesforce

Google Workspace

Job description

Venture Home Solar, LLC in Stamford, CT seeks a Residential Solar Engineering Design Manager to lead the technical quality, standards, and workflow of our residential plan set operation. This hands-on role requires expert AutoCAD skills and extensive experience creating and reviewing residential solar permit plan sets.

The ideal candidate will review complex projects, set drafting standards, and help automate plan set production.