Senior Energy Storage Engineer - Remote

SOLV Energy, Inc.; New Jersey; Remote; USD 100,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) plan

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking an Engineer III, Energy Storage to design, develop, and optimize battery energy storage systems (BESS). This fully remote role provides technical direction, engineering oversight, and project leadership for successful delivery of BESS projects across various utilities.

The candidate will guide teams on BESS configurations, review studies, support procurement, and ensure safety and reliability. Travel to project sites may be required as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
• 3+ years of electrical engineering with focus on BESS/renewables/power systems.
• Expertise in design, integration, and optimization of battery energy storage systems; including lithium-ion batteries, inverters, BMS, and grid interconnection equipment.
• Knowledge of BESS control strategies, algorithms, and optimization software.
• Proficiency in power system analysis tools (PSS/E, PSCAD).
• Strong working knowledge of NEC, IEEE, IBC, NFPA, utility standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for BESS engineering scopes, providing guidance and technical direction to project teams.
• Lead and manage design and engineering of battery energy storage systems (BESS), ensuring compliance with contracts, utilities, and AHJ requirements.
• Review feasibility studies, site assessments, and system sizing analyses to recommend optimal BESS configurations and future augmentation provisions.
• Serve as a senior technical contributor across electrical, civil, structural, SCADA, and HV engineering scopes on assigned projects.
• Manage Engineers of Record and third-party engineering partners to ensure scope clarity and timely delivery.
• Coordinate with fire protection engineers and local fire departments/AHJ’s.
• Develop and review technical specifications, drawings, and documentation for BESS components to support procurement activities.
• Provide technical oversight during procurement including vendor recommendations and drawing reviews.
• Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and contractors to design, procure, install, and commission BESS systems.
• Oversee system modeling, simulation, and analysis to optimize performance, efficiency, and reliability.
• Provide engineering support during construction, including field issue resolution, design clarifications, and minor redesigns.
• Provide engineering support for testing, validation, commissioning, energization, and initial synchronization.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and project teams, providing guidance, training and lessons learned on BESS design principles and practices.
• Stay current with industry trends, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Support business development through proposals, presentations, and technical consultations.
• Represent SOLV Engineering in customer and client meetings.
• Participate in regular team meetings/calls.
• Travel as required to support project execution.
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

BESS design

Lithium-ion batteries

Inverters

BMS

Grid interconnection

PSS/E

PSCAD

Electrical codes

PE license

Project management

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Masters degree preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

MS Office

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking an Engineer III, Energy Storage to design, develop, and optimize battery energy storage systems (BESS). This fully remote role provides technical direction, engineering oversight, and project leadership for successful delivery of BESS projects across various utilities.

The candidate will guide teams on BESS configurations, review studies, support procurement, and ensure safety and reliability. Travel to project sites may be required as needed.