The Position

AREVON is recruiting for the position of Senior Performance Engineer, an outstanding opportunity for individuals seeking an exciting, high-growth work environment in one of the most important industries for the 21st century. Our company culture is one where teamwork, adaptability, continuous improvement, achievement of results, and willingness to grow are our core values. The successful candidate will have a superior academic background at a high caliber institution, having exceeded in Engineering or a Mathematical Science Discipline. In addition to superior academic performance, candidates must have enthusiasm for renewable energy.

Job Description

ThePerformance Engineer will be responsible for supporting design optimization, and project development, as well as on-going performance optimization for a fleet of PV and BESS assets throughout the USA. The role will be part of the Development and Construction team and will report directly to theDirector, Performance Engineering. At a high level, the Senior Performance Engineer will be responsible for maximizing the probability of project performance meeting or exceeding expectations while optimizing project value for projects between the early-stage development and commercial operations phases.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

This position will perform a wide range of performance engineering duties including:

• Create tools and standards for modeling and evaluating future PV and BESS assets.
• Create diligence and technical standards to support PV and BESS equipment procurement
• Create and document technical operational strategy energy estimates for PV and BESS development assets
• Perform analyses to evaluate the uncertainty of PV and BESS performance models
• Participate in preconstruction design and optimization of PV and BESS assets
• Review and redline technical contract documents for PV and BESS assets
• Aid in the technical due-diligence process for potential acquisitions
• Review technical documents and acceptance test results and compare to contractual standards
• Validate actual PV and BESS performance against base case finance assumptions.
• Support Project Development team and subcontractors to review / optimize project subsystem designs
• Support the development of technical performance contract language for EPC agreements.
• Support discussions with EOR, OE, and IE throughout the project lifecycle per the best interests of Arevon.

Experience Requirements

• Combination of 5 year of relevant work experience in engineering, physics, or statistical modeling or other relevant mathematical sciences required.
• Familiarity with technical aspects of utility-scale PV and/or BESS systems is required.
• Proven track record of working well within a team environment, taking ownership of processes and procedures, experience in shared services center environment is helpful.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, highly motivated and results oriented, process oriented with strong organizational and communication skills
• Proficient on MS Word, Excel, Power Point, SQL, etc.
• Familiarity with software languages and data analysis platforms (Python, VBA, C , Matlab, Power BI, Pentaho, Plateau, etc) is a plus
• Familiarity with PV modeling software (PVsyst, PlantPredict, SAM, etc.)

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Mathematical Science required

• Master's degree in an Engineering or Mathematical Science preferred