Performance Analytics Engineer, Solar & BESS

RiseMe; Tempe, Washington (AZ, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate is seeking a Performance Engineering Analyst to transform SCADA and operational data into actionable insights across BESS and BESS+Solar portfolios. You will quantify performance losses and work with Asset Management, Engineering, and suppliers to improve availability, energy production, reliability, and revenue.

Responsibilities include monitoring with SCADA/DAS/BMS/EMS, calculating solar/BESS KPIs, and preparing performance reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data analytics, computer science, physics, renewable energy or related field with 1–3 years of experience.
• Experience analyzing time-series/operational data; identify data gaps, outliers, sensor issues, timestamps; advanced Excel; Python or SQL working proficiency.
• Ability to investigate issues, quantify impacts, and communicate findings across multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor portfolio performance using SCADA, DAS, BMS, EMS, and analytics platforms; review asset health, alarms, availability, and trends.
• Compare actual performance with budgets, forecasts, weather-adjusted expectations, and contractual requirements.
• Calculate solar KPIs: performance ratio, availability, capacity factor, degradation, and forecast-to-actual production.
• Analyze BESS KPIs: system/PCS availability, dispatch adherence, efficiency, degradation, and state of health.
• Investigate underperformance; distinguish equipment failures from weather, curtailment, data-quality issues.
• Quantify lost energy and revenue exposure; prioritize findings by impact; prepare concise summaries for stakeholders.
• Support testing, degradation studies, warranty analyses, and root-cause investigations with senior staff.

Skills

Time-series analysis

Advanced Excel

Python

SQL

Data quality assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data analytics, computer science, physics, renewable energy

Tools

PVsyst

Power BI

Tableau

Grafana

AVEVA PI

AlsoEnergy

OEM monitoring portals

BMS/EMS platforms

Job description

Elevate is seeking a Performance Engineering Analyst to transform SCADA and operational data into actionable insights across BESS and BESS+Solar portfolios. You will quantify performance losses and work with Asset Management, Engineering, and suppliers to improve availability, energy production, reliability, and revenue.

Responsibilities include monitoring with SCADA/DAS/BMS/EMS, calculating solar/BESS KPIs, and preparing performance reports.