Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer - Solar & BESS

Nexamp; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) employer-match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible paid time off

Commuter benefits

Cell phone reimbursement

Job summary

Nexamp seeks a Senior Electrical Performance Engineer to enhance reliability and performance of its 2+ GW solar PV and BESS portfolio. You will apply advanced electrical engineering analyses in the field, perform root-cause investigations, and guide data-driven improvements across protection, controls, and fleet operations.

Hybrid role from multiple offices (Lawrence, Boston, NYC, Chicago, DC) reporting to the Director, Performance Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience.
• 2+ years of experience in solar and protection relays (breakers, reclosers, power logic controllers, etc.).
• Professional Engineer license is a plus.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own plant protection, controls, and compliance strategy across settings and approvals.
• Engage with utilities on grid-interaction issues and interconnection compliance.
• Improve reliability by evaluating protection schemes, relay timing, and inverter control functions.
• Partner with Engineering to improve design standards and fleet consistency.
• Lead data-driven reliability efforts by analyzing logs and events; propose corrective actions.
• Own fleetwide monitoring and diagnostics strategy to reduce false positives and alert fatigue.
• Develop analytical models and performance standards for Nexamp's PV and BESS fleet.
• Represent Performance Engineering in cross-functional initiatives and mentor junior analysts.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Root-cause analysis

Data-driven optimization

Protection schemes

Inverter control functions

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring/junior analysts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Protection relays

Power logic controllers

EMS/SCADA data analysis

Job description

Nexamp seeks a Senior Electrical Performance Engineer to enhance reliability and performance of its 2+ GW solar PV and BESS portfolio. You will apply advanced electrical engineering analyses in the field, perform root-cause investigations, and guide data-driven improvements across protection, controls, and fleet operations.

Hybrid role from multiple offices (Lawrence, Boston, NYC, Chicago, DC) reporting to the Director, Performance Engineering.