Senior Engineer, Inverters
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering
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Reporting to the AES CE Manager of Technical Services , the goal of this position is to support, improve, and optimize the AES Clean Energy operational performance of a fleet of utility scale PV inverters across the US by providing t echnical e xpertise , p erformance a nalysis, and c ritical p rocess s upport. The i nverter e ngineer will lead technical projects focused on increasing the performance and reliability of AES CE Assets and reducing operations & maintenance cost associated with inverters .
The i nverter e ngineer will wor k on both troubleshooting emerging events and providing real-time support to operations field personnel as well as progressing longer term improvement projects.
- Provide engineering support for the troubleshooting, testing and maintenance of electrical equipment and controls for the AESCE inverter fleet.
- C oordinate with reliability and performance engineers any improvement technologies for the AESCE inverter fleet
- Share and capitalize on lessons learned and benchmarking from not only AES but other industry leaders.
- Monitor new technology innovations in inverter technology and safety systems and provide recommendations to project design teams to implement where appropriate
- Perform technical and operational due diligence and develop O&M cost assumptions in support of new inverter opportunity evaluations for the US markets.
- Develop and lead technical projects to enhance asset performance and operations
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Follow RCA procedures for ad hoc and chronic incidents for assets
- Develop Recovery Plan based on RCA findings
- Management of Change ( MoC )
- Implementation of Asset Management Standards (AMS)
- Diagnostics
- Develop Prevent Maintenance (PM) procedures based on OEM manuals alongside performance and reliability engineers
- Assist in the d evelop ment of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training for O&M teams
- Lead optimization efforts by employing AES APEX & Lean Six Sigma approaches and tools sets.
- Develop strategy for older assets on how to move from current design to newer design
- Ability to evaluate proposed settings changes to inverter equipment for grid interconnection , performance and safety implications
- Recommend when equipment needs to be updated or replaced and provided r ecommend ations for updated inverter equipment for repowering PV sites at end of life
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field from an accredited college/university and 3- 5 years of professional experience in one or more of the following…
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