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Blue Sky Utility - Powered by Nofar Energy
Blue Sky Utility - Powered by Nofar Energy
11 – 50 Employees
ConstructionConsultingManufacturing
Blue Sky Utility - Powered by Nofar Energy is a U.S. renewable energy developer focused on custom solar and clean energy projects for retail real estate landlords and tenants. The company provides end-to-end project support, including site analysis, engineering, financing, and construction, with programs designed to reduce carbon emissions and improve property value without upfront costs. As part of Nofar Energy, Blue Sky Utility works to make renewable energy adoption more practical and accessible for commercial properties nationwide.
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Solar Performance Engineer (Hybrid)

Monitor, model, and improve Blue Sky Utility and Nofar Energy’s utility-scale and distributed solar portfolio. Develop scalable analytics, reporting, and performance tools to support fleet growth.

USUnited StatesFLFloridaHybridFull-timeJuniorMiddleEnglish RequiredEngineer
PandasPostgresPythonSQLTableau

Description

  • Evaluate daily and weekly production across utility-scale and distributed PV sites against weather-adjusted expectations
  • Diagnose underperformance at the site, inverter, combiner or recombiner, string, and tracker levels using SCADA and DAS data
  • Monitor and triage inverter faults, tracker stow or follow issues, and communication failures
  • Provide O&M vendors with documented performance data when escalating issues
  • Keep real-time fleet-health dashboards current in Metabase, Power BI, or comparable platforms
  • Develop scalable alarms, monitoring tools, exception reports, and automated alerts
  • Create and maintain loss-waterfall analyses for availability, curtailment, soiling, clipping, degradation, and wiring or DC losses
  • Calculate contractual availability and performance-ratio measures under O&M and PPA agreements
  • Query and transform large time-series datasets with SQL and PostgreSQL
  • Automate recurring reports using Python and pandas
  • Apply AI tools to data cleaning, script development, and report generation while checking output quality
  • Develop and maintain expected-generation models with PVsyst, SAM, PlantPredict, or internal modeling tools
  • Adjust models for as-built conditions, equipment changes, degradation curves, and shading or soiling assumptions
  • Contribute to P50 and P90 production forecasts and budget-to-actual variance reviews
  • Compare model assumptions with operating results and improve models over time
  • Work with O&M vendors on performance-guarantee true-ups and dispute resolution
  • Provide procurement and engineering teams with equipment-reliability analysis
  • Contribute to technical due diligence for acquisitions and portfolio expansion
  • Present analysis to internal teams and, when needed, asset owners and investors

Requirements

  • Two to three years of experience in solar performance engineering, asset management, O&M, or a related renewable-energy analytics role
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, renewable energy, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • Working knowledge of PV fundamentals, including inverter operation, string and central architectures, trackers, revenue metering, irradiance, temperature, and soiling
  • Practical experience with AlsoEnergy PowerTrack or a comparable SCADA, DAS, or historian platform
  • Familiarity with the PowerTrack API for automated reporting and data extraction
  • Proficiency in SQL for querying large datasets
  • Working ability with Python, pandas, and plotting libraries for analysis and automation
  • Familiarity with PVsyst, SAM, PlantPredict, or similar performance-modeling tools, or strong quantitative skills and willingness to learn
  • Ability to interpret electrical single-line diagrams and site-layout or LBD drawings
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to turn unstructured data into clear explanations for nontechnical stakeholders
  • Self-directed approach and comfort taking ownership of ambiguous problems
  • Comfort using AI tools, LLMs, and coding assistants while independently validating generated output
  • Experience troubleshooting Modbus registers or analyzing inverter fault codes is preferred
  • Exposure to BESS performance and dispatch data is preferred
  • Experience with Metabase, Power BI, or Tableau is preferred
  • Familiarity with O&M contracts, availability guarantees, and liquidated-damages calculations is preferred

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Short-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance
  • 401(k) plan with a 6% company match
  • Hybrid work arrangement with flexibility outside the office
  • Opportunities for in-person collaboration
  • Direct access to company decision-makers
  • Opportunity to shape the business as it develops and expands
  • Broad exposure, responsibility, and influence in a fast-paced environment

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