Senior Solar Energy Analyst: Data-Driven Resource & Yield

DNV GL USA, INC.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV GL USA, INC. is seeking a Senior Solar Energy Analyst to join our Solar Energy Assessments team, delivering solar resource and energy production assessments for utility-scale, commercial, and community solar projects across North America.

You will analyze solar and climatic data, build energy models, quantify uncertainties, and prepare technical reports that support development, financing, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct long-term solar resource and energy production assessments for utility-scale, distributed generation, commercial & industrial, community solar, residential, and hybrid renewable energy projects.
• Analyze solar and climatic datasets, perform energy modeling, predict energy production, and conduct statistical uncertainty analyses.
• Analyze operational production and performance data from solar plants, evaluate resource variability, derive modeling parameters, assess system losses including degradation, and support the development of bankable energy yield assessments for project development, financing, acquisition, and operational decision-making.
• Ensure deliverable quality according to DNV's standards: prepare technical reports, collaborate with team members on appropriate assumptions and methodologies, communicate technical findings and project outcomes to customers and other project stakeholders, and conduct technical review and quality assurance activities while contributing to the continuous improvement of DNV's solar energy assessment methodologies and deliverables.
• Be a part of a trusted and independent data-driven culture: Work with DNV's team of analysts to ensure the latest industry methods, tools, and technologies are implemented. Contribute to process improvements, support the development and maintenance of analytical tools and software workflows, and develop as a trusted expert through technical rigor, innovation, and quality execution.

Job description

DNV GL USA, INC. is seeking a Senior Solar Energy Analyst to join our Solar Energy Assessments team, delivering solar resource and energy production assessments for utility-scale, commercial, and community solar projects across North America.

You will analyze solar and climatic data, build energy models, quantify uncertainties, and prepare technical reports that support development, financing, and operations.