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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
- Applications Engineer
Tasks for “Solar Applications Development Engineer”
- 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.
- Perform thermal, stress, or cost reduction analyses for solar systems.
- Perform computer simulation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system performance or energy production to optimize efficiency.
- Develop design specifications and functional requirements for residential, commercial, or industrial solar energy systems or components.
- Review specifications and recommend engineering or manufacturing changes to achieve solar design objectives.
- Create electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, or connection diagrams for solar electric systems, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
- Design or develop vacuum tube collector systems for solar applications.
- Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system components, for residential and commercial buildings.
- Develop standard operation procedures and quality or safety standards for solar installation work.
- Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during installation, start-up, testing, system commissioning, or performance monitoring.
- Create checklists for review or inspection of completed solar installation projects.
- Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
Related Technology & Tools
- Chronopotentiometers
- Polarographic analyzers
- Moisture analyzers
- Reactive power meters
- Solar simulators
- Electron energy loss spectrometers
- Inert atmosphere glove boxes
- Picoammeters
- Pull testers
- Optical scanners
- X ray diffractometers
- Direct current DC power supplies
- Hardness testers
- Compression testers
- Film extruders
- Permeation testers
- Digital pattern generators
- Spectroscopic ellipsometers
- Apparent power meters
- Rheometers
- Digital imaging microscopes
- High-precision balances
- Laser facsimile machines
- Video cameras
- Bench ovens
- Graphics tablets
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Ion beam assisted deposition IBAD systems
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- X-ray photoelectron spectrometers
- Micromanipulators
- Mechanical shakers
- Strain gauges
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Irradiance detectors
- Plotters
- Electrometers
- Meggers
- Hipot testers
- Lasers
- Abrasion testers
- Power quality meters
- Current versus voltage IV curve tracers
- Spectrocolorimeters
- Photovoltaic array simulators
- Atomic absorption spectrometers
- Phase angle meters
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Hand calculators
- pH meters
- Digital resistance thermometers
- Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers EDS
- Recording ammeters
- Reflectance spectrometers
- Copy machines
- Thermal cyclers
- Electron beam evaporators
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Pyranometers
- Laboratory tube furnaces
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Flexure testers
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Adhesion testers
- Tensile testers
- Humidity ovens
- Laser printers
- Ion mills
- Fatigue testers
- Sputtering systems
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Accelerated weathering machines
- Flow coulometric detectors
- Thermopiles
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes FESEM
- Ultraviolet UV exposure units
- Creep testers
- Spin coaters
- Infrared cameras
- Mass spectrometers
- Photoluminescence spectrometers
- Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
- Mask aligners
- Potentiostats
- Environmental chambers
- Goniometers
- Coulometers
- Vacuum ovens
- Focused ion beam FIB systems
- Shear testers
- Surface profilometers
- Impact testers
- Thermocouples
- Thermogravimetric analyzers
- Voltmeters
- Data loggers
- Personal computers
- Liquid chromatographs LC
- Lifetime testers
- Raman spectrometers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Vacuum evaporators
- Load frames
- Inductance capacitance resistance LCR meters
- Spectrophotometers
- Vacuum laminators
- National Instruments Compact FieldPoint System
- Simulation software
- TurboCAD IMSI
- Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment SWERA
- HOMER Micropower Optimization Model
- Autodesk AutoCAD LT
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine SMARTS
- Optical Physics Technologies SUN_CHART
- RETScreen
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Regional Energy Deployment System ReEDS
- Solar Advisor Model
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Microsoft Office
- Finite element method FEM software
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Access
- PVsyst
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Energy-10
- SolTrace
- PV Optics
- Microsoft Outlook
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Microsoft Excel
- SOLAR-2