Solar Design Engineer

Mercury Solar Systems, Inc., a leading solar system installation business, is seeking a Solar Design Engineer to join its team in its Port Chester, NY office.

Responsibilities:

• Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) systems including physical layouts, and system components for residential and commercial buildings.
• Create electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, or connection diagrams for solar electric systems using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
• Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for use in the design of residential or commercial solar power systems.
• Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
• Perform computer simulation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system performance or energy production to optimize efficiency.
• Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during installation, start-up, testing, system commissioning, or performance monitoring.  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; master's degree a plus.
• Engineering experience or internship in power generation, environmental, or related field with recent focus in solar technologies a plus.
• 2+ years of work experience in providing project engineering for utility scale Solar PV projects is highly desirable.
• Well-developed project management skills.
• Good interpersonal, written, analytical and quantitative skills.
• Must be able to work in a team environment and assist in all aspects of development with a positive attitude.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and the ability to work well in a relatively unstructured work environment with little supervision.
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated high achiever with ability to multi-task, commitment to producing high-quality work; and ability to perform duties in a collaborative working environment.
• Ability to travel and work overtime on short notice.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and AutoCAD and proven ability to learn new software programs.
• Ability to communicate highly technical topics in a manner which can be understood by others needing input to make decisions.