Senior Solar Performance & Analytics Engineer

SunStrong Management, LLC; Stowe (VT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SunStrong Management, LLC is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to spearhead energy performance across residential, commercial, and utility-scale assets within our fleet. You will model production versus forecasts, defend performance metrics, and collaborate on data platform strategies with asset management and O&M teams.

The role requires 8+ years in solar/storage performance, hands-on PV modeling, and fluency in SQL/Python, with familiarity in AI tooling to accelerate diagnostics while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years in solar or storage performance engineering, asset performance management, or renewable O&M engineering, including 3+ years supporting commercial or utility-scale assets.
• Hands-on experience with PV performance modeling in PlantPredict (PVsyst or SAM acceptable as a secondary).
• Experience with fleet monitoring and asset performance platforms including AlsoEnergy, Power Factors, and 3E.
• Proficiency in SQL and in Python for engineering analysis (pandas, numpy, pvlib or equivalent).
• Familiar with AI tooling — coding assistants, LLM-based analysis, and agentic workflows in engineering work.
• Ability to specify data requirements, validation rules, and reconciliation logic for engineering and BI teams.

Responsibilities

• Model and monitor energy performance across assets using PlantPredict and fleet platforms.
• Calculate and defend contractual metrics including availability and production guarantees.
• Evaluate billing and settlement accuracy with asset management and O&M teams.
• Investigate underperformance to root cause and drive corrective actions with operations teams.
• Define data requirements and quality rules for the fleet performance data ecosystem.
• Advise on the development of Power BI dashboards and performance reporting definitions.
• Validate commissioning data and ensure proper site acceptance into the fleet.
• Mentor junior engineers and analysts in performance methods.

Skills

SQL

Python

AI tooling

Data analysis

Engineering analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering/physics

Tools

PlantPredict

PVsyst

SAM

AlsoEnergy

Power Factors

3E

Solcast

SolarAnywhere

Open-Meteo

Job description

SunStrong Management, LLC is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to spearhead energy performance across residential, commercial, and utility-scale assets within our fleet. You will model production versus forecasts, defend performance metrics, and collaborate on data platform strategies with asset management and O&M teams.

The role requires 8+ years in solar/storage performance, hands-on PV modeling, and fluency in SQL/Python, with familiarity in AI tooling to accelerate diagnostics while