Wind Resource Assessment Engineer

Intersect is a company dedicated to preserving the planet through innovative energy solutions and modern infrastructure. They are seeking a Wind Resource Assessment Engineer to shape how wind projects are measured, designed, and optimized, delivering high-quality assessments and turbine layouts that inform project viability and design decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Perform site-level and long-term wind resource assessments, including 8760 development, wind flow modeling, uncertainty analysis, and long-term reference station selection
• Stay current on industry best practices for wind measurements, modeling methodologies, and instrumentation
• Maintain technical ownership of wind resource deliverables, coordinating internal teams and external consultants as needed
• Evaluate wind turbine technologies and support turbine selection aligned with site conditions and project objectives
• Design, optimize, and microsite turbine layouts in collaboration with civil, electrical, EPC, and construction partners, balancing performance, environmental, and constructability constraints
• Review balance-of-plant designs with a focus on wind turbine generator optimization and overall project efficiency
• Assess capital expenditure sensitivity related to turbine layout, spacing, and design changes
• Plan and execute meteorological tower and remote sensing campaigns, including siting strategy and installation coordination
• Prepare site condition inputs and interface with turbine supplier engineering teams, including coordination of power curve testing
• Support alignment across suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate, bankable technical inputs
• Support permitting, financing, and due diligence efforts by providing wind resource, layout, shadow flicker, noise, avian, and turbine evaluation inputs
• Deliver clear, defensible analyses that support project approvals, investment decisions, and external technical reviews

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Meteorology, or a closely related field
• 4+ years of experience performing wind resource assessments and turbine layout design across development through construction phases
• Experience managing wind assessments and layouts while mitigating financial and technical risk through close coordination with civil and electrical subject matter experts
• Proficiency with wind resource assessment and wind flow modeling tools, including data analysis, MCP methods, and uncertainty evaluation
• Working knowledge of GIS tools for extracting, analyzing, and interpreting project data
• Comfort working with Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace, along with cloud-based document management tools
• A collaborative, adaptable work style that will help you succeed in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• Programming experience (such as Python or R) is a plus but not required