Senior Director, Solar Engineering & Project Architecture

Strata Clean Energy; Durham, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Strata Clean Energy is seeking a Senior Director of Solar Engineering to serve as the senior design authority for utility-scale solar and storage projects in the United States. You will own the configuration and technology decisions that shape a project from initiation through early-stage design.

You will lead a focused team of roughly 8–10 project engineers, technical specialists, and civil designers, setting the design basis across the company’s solar and storage portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in utility-scale solar and/or storage engineering.
• Ownership of the full project configuration space including trackers, electrical balance of plant, civil and geotechnical considerations, PV modules, and battery storage.
• Strong technical judgment and confidence under commercial and schedule pressure.
• Experience leading technical teams and approving design or bid deliverables.
• PE license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produce and optimize the project design basis using company standards, customer requirements, and project-specific feasibility inputs, through early-stage (30%) design.
• Determine project configuration and technology selection to maximize customer value and project returns.
• Approve engineering designs for competitive bids and internal projects, and produce the associated bid-stage quantity estimates.
• Govern changes to the design basis by evaluating proposed changes on technical merit and maintaining design integrity through construction.
• Partner with development, procurement, construction, and the discipline engineering teams to ensure designs are buildable and aligned to project goals.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of project engineers, technical specialists, and designers.
• Drive continuous improvement in design quality, consistency, and throughput.

Skills

Leadership

Project engineering

Design basis

Technical judgment

Education

PE license

Job description

Strata Clean Energy is seeking a Senior Director of Solar Engineering to serve as the senior design authority for utility-scale solar and storage projects in the United States. You will own the configuration and technology decisions that shape a project from initiation through early-stage design.

You will lead a focused team of roughly 8–10 project engineers, technical specialists, and civil designers, setting the design basis across the company’s solar and storage portfolio.