Remote Solar PV Performance Engineer II

SOLV Energy; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 118,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLV Energy is a premier provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, delivering solar, storage, and high voltage substation projects nationwide. The Performance Engineer II role oversees day-to-day project operations and can be remote or hybrid with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA or Bend, OR.

You will lead data-driven performance analysis, collaborate with internal teams, mentor engineers, and drive fleet optimization while maintaining safety and high reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, science, or a related technical discipline.
• 4+ years' experience in PV Performance Engineering, Capacity Testing (ASTM E2848 & IEC standards) and PV data analytics.
• Experience in modeling using software like PVSyst, PlantPredict, SAM, and so on.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Office tools.
• Experience with programming languages like Python, VBA, MATLAB, Java, and others preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of time.
• Broad understanding of the Renewable Energy industry with emphasis on Service and Construction preferred.
• Strong communication and analytical skills; mentor and lead others.

Responsibilities

• Stresses the importance that safety is the most important function and ensures safe practices.
• Collaborate with internal teams to collect data and deliver reports and tests.
• On-board active projects into SOLV Energy's Performance Team platforms.
• Track critical issues and share findings to optimize fleet performance.
• Troubleshoot performance data to identify challenges and correlate with workorder data.
• Lead Performance Engineers & Analysts in day-to-day coordination of operations.
• Maintain understanding of site design, equipment, and current issues.
• Analyze energy losses and system performance from outages and communicate impacts.
• Update reports for clients including Commissioning Plans, Test Reports, Vitals, forecasting.
• Support field work prioritization based on criticality and failures.
• Work with OEMs, field technicians, SCADA engineers and others as needed.
• Assist with data analytics tools development and software improvements.
• Review performance reports to identify issues and improvements.
• Manage plant performance optimization initiatives and client collaboration.
• Track guarantees and report risks; conduct periodic reviews.
• Document procedures for internal training and reference.
• Facilitate project reviews and client requests; escalate as needed.
• Review turnover docs for root causes of failures.
• Run PV system energy models using PVsyst or other tools.
• Verify drawings and system layout; ensure accuracy.
• Create/maintain troubleshooting templates and workflows.
• Execute tasks per the Performance Engineering Workflow Process.
• Perform simulations: terrain, horizon losses, shading, snow/soiling.
• Grow into a subject matter expert in PV power plants.

Skills

PV Performance Eng

Capacity Testing

PV Data Analytics

Python

VBA

MATLAB

Java

PVSyst

PlantPredict

SAM

MS Excel

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, science, or a related technical discipline

Tools

PVSyst

PlantPredict

SAM

Python

Job description

SOLV Energy is a premier provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, delivering solar, storage, and high voltage substation projects nationwide. The Performance Engineer II role oversees day-to-day project operations and can be remote or hybrid with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA or Bend, OR.

You will lead data-driven performance analysis, collaborate with internal teams, mentor engineers, and drive fleet optimization while maintaining safety and high reporting