Senior Performance Engineer

Role Overview

• Own plantlevel KPIs including availability, performance ratio, energy variance, and loss analysis.
• Conduct advanced SCADA and historical analytics across inverters, combiners, trackers, weather stations, and gridside data.
• Detect and quantify underperformance with clear revenueimpact calculations.
• Assess and challenge energy models and yield assessments (e.g., PVSyst), ensuring data quality and sensor accuracy.
• Serve as the technical lead overseeing O&M providers across the portfolio.
• Enforce SLA requirements, availability definitions, response times, performance metrics, and reporting standards.
• Review and challenge rootcause analyses, corrective action plans, and patterns of recurring failures.
• Identify systemic issues related to OEM equipment defects, design flaws, or workmanship.
• Lead investigations into major equipment and system failures (inverters, trackers, transformers, communications, PID, curtailment events).
• Support warranty and insurance claims through evidencebased technical analysis.
• Review spareparts strategies and analyze failurerate trends.
• Support repowering, retrofits, and technology upgrades across the fleet.
• Optimize maintenance strategies, including module washing, vegetation control, drone inspections, and component replacements.
• Assist with physical and cybersecurity considerations affecting plant operations.
• Support analysis of ancillary services performance and forcemajeurerelated impacts.
• Translate technical performance and losses into financial impacts for Asset Management and Finance teams.
• Contribute to annual budgets, longterm performance forecasts, and degradation assessments.
• Engage with ISOs/RTOs, grid operators, OEMs, insurers, consultants, and independent engineers.
• Provide technical support during acquisitions, diligence processes, and asset transitions.
• Perform onsite audits, inspections, and technical performance reviews.
• Validate field conditions against SCADA, contractor reports, and operational data.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to junior and midlevel asset management engineers, ensuring growth in analytical and field capabilities.
• Act as the primary technical counterpart for lenders, equity partners, insurers, and independent engineers.
• Translate complex operational issues into clear, defensible narratives for senior leadership and financial stakeholders.
• Support lender reporting, compliance tracking, and covenant obligations, including explanations of performance deviations and material events.
• Participate in partner, lender, and boardlevel discussions regarding reliability, risk exposure, and availability impacts.
• Support refinancing and portfoliolevel financing processes with robust technical inputs.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Operations to align technical findings with contractual terms and financial outcomes.
• Provide factbased support in disputes with O&M contractors, OEMs, insurers, or counterparties.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in utilityscale solar O&M, performance engineering, or technical asset management.
• Handson experience managing large portfolios (US market preferred).
• Deep understanding of PV system performance drivers, degradation mechanisms, and failure modes.
• Strong analytical capabilities with SCADA platforms, Excel, and data tools (Python/SQL strongly preferred).
• Experience working with US ISOs/RTOs and understanding grid constraints is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge contractors professionally, confidently, and constructively.

Tech Stack

• Cyber Security
• Python
• RTOS
• SQL

Benefits

• An Incredible Team, a Big Mission** Work alongside smart, passionate people who are genuinely driven to build a cleaner energy future. We move fast, collaborate deeply, and celebrate wins together. Our team culture is strong and stable, reflected in our 87% employee retention rate, which speaks to the environment we’ve worked hard to build.
• Competitive Pay with Transparency from Day One** We believe in being honest and clear about compensation from the start. The base salary range for this role is $90,000–$115,000. Compensation decisions are based on a thoughtful review of your background, skills, certifications, and the impact you’ll bring to our growing business. Posting salary ranges upfront is part of our commitment to transparency and trust.
• Benefits that Start on Day One** Your health and financial well-being matter to us. That’s why we offer medical, dental, and vision insurance, short-term disability, life insurance, and a 401(k) with a generous 6% company match, all available starting your first day.
• Real Work-Life Balance** We believe great work happens when people feel supported, energized, and trusted. Our hybrid schedule gives you the structure to collaborate in person and the space to focus and recharge.
• A Culture That Walks the Talk** Our team motto is “Be a Commando.” To us, that means stepping in wherever needed, taking ownership without waiting to be asked, solving problems with creativity and grit, and supporting your teammates without ego. It reflects a culture of accountability, resilience, and teamwork where everyone is willing to roll up their sleeves to get the mission done.We are building a company where everyone belongs. Inclusion is not a checkbox. It is woven into how we hire, grow, and work every day.