Sr. Performance & Reliability Engineer ( Solar Energy)

Role Purpose 

Lead the technical and commercial performance of a multistate portfolio of state portfolio of utilityscale solar projects across the United States. This role sits at the intersection of data analytics, contract execution, and scale solar projects across the United States. This role sits at the intersection of data analytics, contract execution, and realworld field operations. You are responsible forworld field operations. You are responsible for safeguarding revenue, minimizing performance losses, enforcing contractual accountability, and ensuring full operational transparency. 
This is not a passive monitoring role — you own outcomes. 

Core Responsibilities 

Asset Performance & Monitoring 

• 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. 

O&M Contractor Oversight 

• 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. 

Technical & Engineering Leadership 

• 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. 

Commercial & Stakeholder Management 

• 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. 

Field Presence 

• Perform onsite audits, inspections, and technical performance reviews. 

• Validate field conditions against SCADA, contractor reports, and operational data. 

Commercial, Financial & Stakeholder Leadership 

• 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. 

• 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. 

What we can offer you:

• 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.