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Job Description
Perform site-specific engineering analysis or evaluation of energy efficiency and solar projects involving residential, commercial, or industrial customers. Design solar domestic hot water and space heating systems for new and existing structures, applying knowledge of structural energy requirements, local climates, solar technology, and thermodynamics.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2199.11
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Solar Energy Systems Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Solar Energy Systems Engineers
- Solar Engineer
- Research Engineer
- Renewable Energy Division Manager
- Power Systems Engineer
- Field Engineer
- Engineering Vice President
- Energy Systems Laboratory Director
- Distributed Energy Systems Consultant
- Consulting Engineer
- Solar Systems Designer
- Solar Project Engineer
- Solar Process Engineer
- Solar Photovoltaic Systems Engineer
- Solar Photovoltaic Product Development Engineer
- Solar Photovoltaic Designer
- Solar Mechanical Engineer
- Solar Energy Systems Engineer
- Solar Energy Systems Designer
- Solar Energy Engineer
- Solar Energy Advisor
- Solar Development Engineer
- Solar Designer
- Solar Design Engineer
- Solar Applications Development Engineer
- Applications Engineer
Tasks for “Energy Systems Laboratory Director”
- Develop standard operation procedures and quality or safety standards for solar installation work.
- Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system components, for residential and commercial buildings.
- Design or develop vacuum tube collector systems for solar applications.
- Develop design specifications and functional requirements for residential, commercial, or industrial solar energy systems or components.
- Perform thermal, stress, or cost reduction analyses for solar systems.
- Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for use in the design of residential or commercial solar power systems.
- Test or evaluate photovoltaic (PV) cells or modules.
- Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
- Review specifications and recommend engineering or manufacturing changes to achieve solar design objectives.
- Create checklists for review or inspection of completed solar installation projects.
- Perform computer simulation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system performance or energy production to optimize efficiency.
- Create electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, or connection diagrams for solar electric systems, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
- Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during installation, start-up, testing, system commissioning, or performance monitoring.
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- Thermal cyclers
- Spectrocolorimeters
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- Apparent power meters
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes FESEM
- Solar simulators
- Differential scanning calorimeters
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- National Instruments LabVIEW
- HOMER Micropower Optimization Model
- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Office
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