Solar Design Engineer

The Design Engineer takes initial solar PV system concept ideas and turns them into fully detailed construction ready designs. Working on residential, commercial, and utility scale solar projects, the Design Engineer has a steady pipeline of diverse projects to design. Coordinating with Sales Consultants, AHJs, LPCs, and customers, the Design Engineer balances the necessity of a customer solution with the efficiency of standard practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead engineering for projects in our pipeline –residential, commercial, and utility scale
• Verify initial system layout and gear location specified by salesperson
• Complete system designs for PV projects including site plans, mechanical racking and attachment plans, single-line electrical drawings, specification of BOS location and interconnection details, and labeling
• Interface and provide streamlined project information and detailed bill of materials to the procurement managers.
• Provide operations, service and sales departments with engineering support as needed.
• Understand the optimal design applications and design limitations of our standard products, and lead the evaluation of alternate products
• Responsible for conducting site surveys for capacity analysis, shadow analysis and plant designing.
• Preparing PV layouts, SLD, BOM preparation, 3D project modelling, Structure fabrication drawings & RFQ preparation.
• Doing AC & DC cable sizing, earthing calculation, PV system Reports, string configurations.
• Tender technical specifications and abstracting BOM from that
• Preparation of Costing as per BOM.
• Designing of Off-grid solar PV system for remote locations.
• Site Execution and Commissioning.
• Preparing 3D design of Site.
• Preparing Structure Drawing Using Auto CAD.
• Experience in storage and Hybrid Solar system design experience is mandatory

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage numerous projects simultaneously
• At least 1 year of design or engineering experience related to renewable energy preferred
• Any additional experience with estimating or designing electrical systems is preferred
• Competence in AutoCAD is mandatory
• Knowledge of structure design
• Competence in Google Sketchup, Solar Lab, PV Syst is preferred
• Well versed in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• B.tech degree in ME or EE or related discipline preferred
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial
• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
• Valid driver's license.
• Time management and people management skills will be valuable.