PV Inverter Reliability & Performance Lead

AES Corporation; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Corporation, the largest US-based global power company, seeks an Inverter Engineer to support the AES Clean Energy fleet of utility-scale PV inverters across the US. You will lead technical projects, troubleshoot events, and provide real-time guidance to field personnel.

Reporting to the CE Manager of Technical Services, you will develop maintenance procedures, RCA workflows and optimization strategies using AES APEX and Lean Six Sigma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in high-voltage design, solar design, battery energy storage, or related areas.
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems and SCADA systems is a plus.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and project-management skills.
• Ability to travel up to 35%.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for the troubleshooting, testing and maintenance of the AES CE inverter fleet.
• Coordinate with reliability and performance engineers on improvement technologies for the AES CE inverter fleet.
• Share and capitalize on lessons learned and benchmarking from AES and other industry leaders.
• Monitor new inverter technology innovations and provide recommendations to design teams.
• Perform technical and operational due diligence and develop O&M cost assumptions for evaluations.

Skills

Troubleshooting

SCADA

Data acquisition

Communication skills

Project management

MS Office

High voltage design

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Project

Visio

Excel

Job description

AES Corporation, the largest US-based global power company, seeks an Inverter Engineer to support the AES Clean Energy fleet of utility-scale PV inverters across the US. You will lead technical projects, troubleshoot events, and provide real-time guidance to field personnel.

Reporting to the CE Manager of Technical Services, you will develop maintenance procedures, RCA workflows and optimization strategies using AES APEX and Lean Six Sigma.