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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”.

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Tasks for “Solar Energy Engineer”

Develop standard operation procedures and quality or safety standards for solar installation work.
Perform computer simulation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system performance or energy production to optimize efficiency.
Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during installation, start-up, testing, system commissioning, or performance monitoring.
Design or develop vacuum tube collector systems for solar applications.
Test or evaluate photovoltaic (PV) cells or modules.
Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system components, for residential and commercial buildings.
Perform thermal, stress, or cost reduction analyses for solar systems.
Develop design specifications and functional requirements for residential, commercial, or industrial solar energy systems or components.
Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for use in the design of residential or commercial solar power systems.
Review specifications and recommend engineering or manufacturing changes to achieve solar design objectives.
Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
Create checklists for review or inspection of completed solar installation projects.
Create electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, or connection diagrams for solar electric systems, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.

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Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment SWERA
Microsoft PowerPoint
Optical Physics Technologies SUN_CHART
Microsoft Office
Regional Energy Deployment System ReEDS
Microsoft Access
TurboCAD IMSI
ANSYS FLUENT
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Energy-10
HOMER Micropower Optimization Model
Data acquisition software
Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine SMARTS
SolTrace
Simulation software
RETScreen
Solar Advisor Model
Microsoft Word
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Global positioning system GPS software
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
PVsyst
Autodesk AutoCAD LT
Autodesk AutoCAD
The MathWorks MATLAB
Finite element method FEM software
National Instruments Compact FieldPoint System
National Instruments LabVIEW
SOLAR-2