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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”

Perform thermal, stress, or cost reduction analyses for solar systems.
Create checklists for review or inspection of completed solar installation projects.
Review specifications and recommend engineering or manufacturing changes to achieve solar design objectives.
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.
Develop standard operation procedures and quality or safety standards for solar installation work.
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.
Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for use in the design of residential or commercial solar power systems.
Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system components, for residential and commercial buildings.
Test or evaluate photovoltaic (PV) cells or modules.
Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
Design or develop vacuum tube collector systems for solar applications.

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Differential scanning calorimeters
Ion mills
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Thermocouples
Apparent power meters
Direct current DC power supplies
Moisture analyzers
Pull testers
Thermal cyclers
Electron beam evaporators
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Pyranometers
Scanning probe microscopes SPM
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Optical compound microscopes
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Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers EDS
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Finite element method FEM software
Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment SWERA
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
The MathWorks MATLAB
Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine SMARTS
Microsoft Word
SolTrace
Global positioning system GPS software
SOLAR-2
ANSYS FLUENT
Energy-10
Solar Advisor Model
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Excel
Autodesk AutoCAD LT
Microsoft PowerPoint
Regional Energy Deployment System ReEDS
National Instruments Compact FieldPoint System
Optical Physics Technologies SUN_CHART
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Office
Autodesk AutoCAD
National Instruments LabVIEW
PV Optics
RETScreen
Data acquisition software
TurboCAD IMSI
PVsyst
Simulation software
HOMER Micropower Optimization Model