Senior Solutions Engineer

Accurant International is a company focused on innovative solutions for climate and energy challenges. They are seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to lead technical evaluations and responses for utility RFPs, bridging product, engineering, delivery, and sales. The role involves analyzing requirements, developing technical narratives, and modeling capacity and performance risks.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze RFPs and identify technical, compliance, and performance requirements
• Develop detailed technical response narratives
• Own architecture diagrams, system workflows, telemetry, and M&V sections
• Ensure alignment with market rules and baseline methodologies
• Run simulations to estimate: Available MW capacity 8,760 hours per year, Dispatch performance, Revenue potential (best case / worst case)
• Along with partner manager, model enrollment scenarios (residential, various categories of C&I)
• Support firm vs non-firm dispatch modeling
• Interpret ISO/RTO rules around M&V and ISO DA/RT pricing
• Model X-in-Y baselines, day-of adjustments, and M&V impacts
• Evaluate performance risk under different weather and load scenarios
• Understand utility-specific systems and interactions with each
• Work with engineering to validate feasibility
• Quantify: Capacity guarantees, Performance risk, Expected revenue
• Support pricing strategy with simulation-backed assumptions
• Participate in customer technical workshops and presentations

Requirements:

• A Master's or Bachelor's degree in a technical/quantitative field
• 5-10+ years in energy markets, DER aggregation, demand response, or VPPs
• Strong understanding of: Utility RFP processes, ISO/RTO market structures, Demand response program design, M&V methodologies
• Technical understanding of overall electric operations systems, including electric power systems, distribution automation, and distributed control systems and communications
• Experience running simulations (Python, MATLAB, R, or energy modeling tools)
• Ability to read tariffs and market manuals and translate them into technical requirements
• Strong technical writing skills in English (ability to produce 40+ page RFP responses with the help of AI tools)