Assistant Technical Director

The Solar Rating and Certification Corporation currently administers a certification, rating, and labeling program for solar collectors and a similar program for domestic solar water heating systems.

Responsibilities:

The Assistant Technical Director will report directly to the Technical Director of SRCC and have the following responsibilities/duties:

• Conduct inspections of solar collector factories and installed solar water heating systems
• Attend technical meetings, both SRCC and other organizations
• Research issues related to certification requirements, incentive program requirements and constraints, solar water heating system design, solar collector design
• Assist in maintaining compliance with ISO Guide 65 accreditation
• Final authorization for publication of certifications
• Perform engineering review of applications for both collector and system certification, including product specifications, installation procedures, and operation & maintenance manuals to determine compliance with SRCC standards for performance, durability, and safety.
• Evaluate proposed revisions to building codes.
• Work with other application reviewers to answer questions regarding interpretation of SRCC standards.
• Develop new test methods and certification standards.

Qualifications:

• BS in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering required. MS degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with solar thermal collector or solar thermal system design.

Comprehensive knowledge of:

• heat transfer and fluid flow
• solar principles (resource, thermal collectors and systems, thermal system control strategies, thermal system monitoring)
• solar thermal collector and system test methods (national and international standards)
• quality assurance procedures
• building codes, especially plumbing and residential

Prefer candidates with knowledge in:

• database query using SQL
• computer modeling of solar thermal systems

Close Date: 4/8/2011 

To Apply:

Interested Candidates must please submit resume and cover letter via email.  Cover letter must include:

1. Date available to begin working for SRCC
2. Desired compensation
3. Reasons for their interest in this position
4. Confirmation that they can work full-time in Cocoa, Florida

Candidates that do not furnish this information cannot be considered for the position.