Renewable Development Engineer

Atwell, LLC is a bold leader in the consulting, engineering, and construction services industry, delivering a broad range of creative solutions to clients in the real estate & land development, and energy markets. We have a strong national presence and a diverse, award-winning project portfolio. Atwell is a privately owned company, with 2,000+ passionate team members across 75+ locations and growing!

Atwell, LLC is a proud recipient of the following 2025 awards:

• Ten consecutive years in a row as a “Best Place to Work” by Zweig Group (#11)
• Recognized as #70 in the ENR Top 500 Design Firms, ranked in every region
• Recognized in Crain's “Fast 50” as one of the fastest-growing companies (#14)
• Recognized as the 2025 ENR Design Firm of the year for the southeastern US

As a mid-level Renewable Development Engineer in the Renewable Development group, you will be the primary liaison for development, bid support, and/or preliminary (0%-30%) PV, BESS and Wind design. Design work between internal Operations and Sales stakeholders, and external stakeholders (e.g., Clients). The Renewable Development Engineer works collaboratively with these Stakeholders to perform preliminary PV electrical and PV civil design. Salary Range: $80,000 - $110,000 / year.

The salary range above is based upon the Denver, Colorado labor market. This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, CO) and full-time remote candidates.

• Designs PV, BESS and Wind projects in all areas of the US.
• Passionate about learning multi disciplines and multi technologies.
• Acts as a liaison between the solar design team and relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Delivers preliminary PV, BESS and/or Wind design (0-30%). Project level of detail is greatly dependent on contracted scope. Design can include partial or all of the following:
• Meet the technical requirements outlined by the client and/or Owner
• Creation of constraint file to determine initial project feasibility
• Solar, PV, or Wind layout creation
• Preliminary level cable and DC design
• Preliminary level Civil grading and drainage
• Provide high-level Bill of Materials for civil infrastructure, electrical material, and foundation quantities
• Must be able to self-schedule preliminary design activities to meet deadlines set by external stakeholders
• Various EE Studies (Load flow, ampacity, losses and/or short circuit)
• Production estimates (Pvsyst)
• Works with Proposal team and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to establish proposal pricing
• Provides engineering & technical support to the other members of the Business Development & Project Services Team
• Develops and maintain outstanding company-client relationships
• Maintains high ethical and professional standards
• Develops equipment vendor relationships
• Attends conferences, training workshops, seminars, regular undergraduate, and graduate classes as appropriate for advancement and as required to maintain quality of work
• Attends safety training and adhere to all safety rules and guidelines
• Works well is self-motivated environment and driven for continual improvement.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Civil Engineering from an accredited institution, electric power option preferred
• 1 – 4 years of relevant engineering or field experience
• Licensure: FE, PE is a plus, but not required
• Experience with energy modeling using PVsyst
• Experience with AutoCAD and preferred PVCase
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Project
• Basic understanding electrical and civil engineering with specific emphasis on PV solar
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with customers and internal…