Solar PV Design Engineer

Job Title: Senior Design Engineer - Mechanical or Electrical
Location: Columbia, MD - 21046 (Remote)
Duration: Fulltime / Direct hire
Note: Candidates need to be open to traveling 4 times a year. Essentially, one office visit per quarter.

Education/Experience:
• Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical or electrical engineering required.
• Minimum of ten years’ relevant design experience, particularly including experience in designing mechanical or electrical systems or electrical systems for construction; commercial PV design preferred.
• NABCEP certified
• Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) certificate.
• Registered Professional Engineer (PRE) preferred
• Experience with industry standard PV systems and energy modeling tools.
• Application and interpretation of the NEC, applicable to PV, energy storage, interconnected power production sources, grounding and bonding, overcurrent protection, conductor sizing, and electrical equipment preferred.
Experience with:
• Solar PV and BESS electrical system design, including DC and AC collection systems, inverter and PCS selection, transformers, switchgear, switchboards, and associated balance-of-system equipment.
• Medium-voltage electrical systems, including MV collection systems, feeder design, conductor and cable sizing, voltage drop, equipment selection, and system configuration.
• Development and review of single-line diagrams, electrical plans, equipment layouts, wiring and interconnection details, specifications, calculations, and construction/IFC drawing packages.
• Equipment ratings, available fault current, protection requirements, grounding, and coordination with system studies.
• Utility interconnection requirements and coordination with utilities, AHJs, equipment manufacturers, and other project stakeholders.
• Designing systems with consideration for constructability, equipment availability, cost, schedule, commissioning, and long-term operation and maintenance, rather than approaching engineering solely as a code-compliance exercise.
• Substation engineering experience is highly desirable, particularly experience with renewable-energy collector substations, MV/HV equipment, transformers, breakers, protection and control systems, grounding, relaying, and utility interconnection facilities.