PGD Engineer - Panel Performance Engineer

Requisition ID:  84600 

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Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy is currently seeking a Solar Fleet DC Field Engineer who can apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and fields related to solar power generation.  
In this role, the candidate will manage the panel flash testing program using a state-of-the-art mobile lab. This candidate will need to make decisions independently regarding engineering issues and processes. This position requires supervision only related to high level objective and critical issues.

Areas of responsibility will mainly focus on panel flash testing and analysis, including but not limited to:

• Managing a testing program for panel flash testing as a solar panel subject matter expert (SME)
• Operate a state-of-the-art Mobile lab 
• Work with third party test centers to validate mobile lab is abiding to top tier testing standards
• Conducting root-cause analysis (RCA) for critical or persistent issues with solar panels
• Acting as the single point of contact for several panel manufacturers
• Assisting the operations team with general DC field support and troubleshooting
• Performing data analytics on test data and provide reports and recommendations
• Creating reliability failure rate curves for component level failures to develop a spare parts strategy
• 50%-80% travel required to move mobile lab trailer between sites

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors or higher in Engineering 
• At least 2 years of experience working in solar 
• Experience conducting RCAs and working with vendors
• Six Sigma Greenbelt or higher

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Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Engineering
Organization:  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

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