Remote Senior Front-End Solar Design Engineer

Qcells EPC; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Qcells USA Corp, headquartered in Houston, TX, is seeking a Senior Project Design Engineer to lead FEED activities for utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects. This role provides the engineering basis for EPC proposals, estimates, procurement, preconstruction, and the transition to detailed engineering, reporting to the Manager of FEED Engineering in Houston with remote work options.

The ideal candidate has a B.E.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Renewable Energy Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of five years of professional engineering experience in the solar industry, with demonstrated experience in utility-scale PV project design.
• Experience performing conceptual, preliminary, or front-end engineering design for utility-scale PV projects.
• Experience with AutoCAD or equivalent software; PV layout tools such as PVcase; PVSyst recommended.

Responsibilities

• Lead front-end engineering activities for utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects from project intake through conceptual and preliminary design and engineering handoff.
• Review project data rooms, customer requirements, site information, surveys, technical studies, interconnection requirements, and available project documentation to identify design constraints, assumptions, risks, and missing information.
• Design conceptual and preliminary site layouts, block designs, equipment arrangements, access concepts, setbacks, and overall plant configurations.
• Evaluate major equipment including PV modules, inverters, trackers, transformers, and balance-of-system components.
• Prepare conceptual and preliminary engineering deliverables including 10% design packages and Basis of Design inputs.
• Coordinate front-end design activities with Civil, Electrical, Structural, Performance, BESS, SCADA, Substation, Transmission, CAD Designers, and SMEs.

Skills

FEED design

Collaboration

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication

Team leadership

Excel proficiency

Code standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Renewable Energy or related

PE license preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

PVcase

PVSyst

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Qcells USA Corp, headquartered in Houston, TX, is seeking a Senior Project Design Engineer to lead FEED activities for utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects. This role provides the engineering basis for EPC proposals, estimates, procurement, preconstruction, and the transition to detailed engineering, reporting to the Manager of FEED Engineering in Houston with remote work options.

The ideal candidate has a B.E.