Senior Electrical Performance Engineer - Solar & BESS

nexamp; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexamp seeks a Senior Electrical Performance Engineer to improve reliability, availability, and performance of Nexamp's solar PV and BESS assets, over 2 GW under management. You will analyze field data, optimize protection schemes, and drive data-backed recommendations to reduce downtime and extend asset life.

You will work in a hybrid capacity from multiple offices including Lawrence, Boston, NYC, Chicago, or Washington, DC, reporting to the Director of Performance Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience.
• 2+ years in solar and protection relays (breakers, reclosers, power logic controllers).
• PE license a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own plant protection, controls, and compliance strategy with protection settings and approvals.
• Engage utilities on grid-interaction issues and interconnection compliance.
• Improve system reliability by evaluating protection schemes, breaker coordination, relay timing, and inverter control functions.
• Partner with Engineering to improve design standards and fleet consistency.
• Lead data-driven reliability and loss reduction efforts using inverter logs and EMS data.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Power Systems

Protection Relays

Grid Interconnection

Data Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EMS

Inverter Controls

Job description

Nexamp seeks a Senior Electrical Performance Engineer to improve reliability, availability, and performance of Nexamp's solar PV and BESS assets, over 2 GW under management. You will analyze field data, optimize protection schemes, and drive data-backed recommendations to reduce downtime and extend asset life.

You will work in a hybrid capacity from multiple offices including Lawrence, Boston, NYC, Chicago, or Washington, DC, reporting to the Director of Performance Engineering.