Airswift is looking for a Senior Performance Engineer to work on a long-term assignment supporting a clean energy industry leader. We are looking for a Sr. Performance Test/Data Engineer to join our team and help us commission new solar and battery projects, develop and maintain new analysis tools, write scopes of works for and manage our vendors. The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for analyzing the performance of new utility scale solar and battery projects, drawing conclusions from the data, sending corrective actions and writing up reports. Secondary duties include designing new test procedures with the test team and help develop new analysis tools. A candidate is expected to be a subject matter expert in PV and Battery power plant performance. Typical Duties Read all pertinent stakeholder contracts for a project (PPA, GIA, EPC and OEM) Distill/extract testing and performance metrics needed from contracts. Develop Test procedures to test and meet all testing and performance requirements to satisfy project contracts. Collaborate with commissioning team, and project teams in pre-testing phase to identify, troubleshoot, and correct project performance issues. Supervise and direct the performance testing Analyze plant PV and BESS performance test results Calculate system availability from data collected by SCADA or on-site testing as needed Evaluate utility-scale PV systems measured performance against modeled performance using PVsyst output, to create linear regressions in accordance with ASTM E2848-13. Create performance test reports to communicate results for a wide range of audiences and stakeholders, ranging from technical experts to management personnel. Work with stakeholders in report review process Read, interpret and implement industry testing standards Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, computer science or engineering with minimum 5 years of technical and management experience. 4+ Years experience in PV performance and analysis preferred. Ability to travel up to 20% of time. Knowledge of data visualization tools and techniques. Ability to write scopes of work and manage Third-party Subject Matter Experts (SME’s)/Consultants. Dexterity to communicate up, down and across multi-disciplinary teams with diverse technical backgrounds. Attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to work well independently with minimal supervision. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Software Skills: Experience with HMI tools such as Ignition Experience with data creating analysis tools and scripts using Python, Excel, VBA Experience with Microsoft environment: Windows OS, Office 365, Teams, etc. Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Office tools Experience with programming languages like Python, Java, VisualBasic and others preferred