Renewable Energy Performance Engineer (Solar & Storage)

Panthera Grid Partners, LLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account

Flexible spending account

Company-paid life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paternal leave

Retirement plan with matching

Job summary

Panthera Grid Partners in Houston, TX, is seeking an experienced Performance Engineer to maximize the operational and financial performance of utility-scale solar and energy storage assets. You will lead performance analytics, production forecasting, root cause analysis, and optimization across a growing renewable portfolio.

The role requires 3+ years in a performance-related renewable role and a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of renewable industry experience in a performance-related role.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (preferred), Meteorology, Statistics, Physics, or some other quantitative field.
• Strong knowledge of PV solar energy systems and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze fleet-wide solar plant performance, availability, and energy production against budget, P50 forecasts, and contractual guarantees.
• Develop, maintain, and improve performance monitoring dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools.
• Assist in root cause analyses of underperformance events and production losses.
• Evaluate SCADA, meteorological, inverter, tracker, and revenue meter data to identify operational issues and optimization opportunities.
• Perform daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual performance assessments for operating assets.
• Validate expected energy production through statistical analysis and comparison against performance models.
• Support asset managers in assessing operational risks and revenue impacts associated with plant performance issues.
• Collaborate with O&M providers and internal resources to troubleshoot equipment failures and recurring performance losses.
• Analyze inverter, tracker, module, and balance-of-system performance trends and degradation rates.
• Lead performance guarantee evaluations, liquidated damages assessments, and contractual performance testing activities.
• Review and update production forecasts, weather assumptions, and performance models as operating data becomes available.
• Develop and maintain fleet degradation analyses and long-term performance projections.
• Identify and quantify opportunities for performance improvements and operational cost reductions.
• Support due diligence efforts for project acquisitions, financing activities, and portfolio valuations.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and executive summaries for internal and external stakeholders.
• Stay current with evolving industry standards, technologies, and best practices related to solar PV, BESS, trackers, inverters, and energy analytics.
• Develop automation tools, scripts, and analytical workflows using Python, SQL, Power BI, Excel VBA, or similar platforms.
• Support incident investigations and recommend corrective actions to improve fleet reliability and performance.
• Onboard new assets in performance platforms.

Skills

Performance analytics

Data analysis

Python

SQL

Power BI

Excel VBA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PVsyst

Python

SQL

Power BI

Excel VBA

MATLAB

Job description

Panthera Grid Partners in Houston, TX, is seeking an experienced Performance Engineer to maximize the operational and financial performance of utility-scale solar and energy storage assets. You will lead performance analytics, production forecasting, root cause analysis, and optimization across a growing renewable portfolio.

The role requires 3+ years in a performance-related renewable role and a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.