Job description
Do you want to work with high caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Are you committed to advancing the clean energy revolution? Join us at SB Energy, a leading company backed by SoftBank and Ares pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our Mission is to provide flexible renewable energy at scale, accelerating the global energy transition and benefiting our planet, customers, communities, and people.
SB Energy develops, builds, owns & operates some of the largest and most technically advanced renewable projects across the United States, with headquarters in Redwood City, CA. The company was launched in 2019 and has quickly become one of the largest solar and storage developer/IPPs in the U.S. With 3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects in operation and a multi-GW development pipeline, SB Energy is building the renewable energy future – today. SB Energy also utilizes its strong culture of innovation to identify and incorporate new technology into our projects, including our AI-based digital platform, to deliver renewable energy that is local, reliable, and matched to load.
Come join us in accelerating the energy transition to cleaner, more sustainable sources of power!
Title- IEMS SCADA Engineer
Basic Function
The Engineering and Innovation (E&I) team at SB Energy provides technical insights and assists decision-making across all life cycle phases of renewable projects, from development, construction, and to operations and maintenance. The Innovation program ideates, evaluates, demonstrates, and deploys at-scale first-of-a-kind technologies. To that end, SB Energy operates an Innovation Center near Denver, Colorado for first-hand field demonstrations of hardware, software, and business models, such as emerging solar technologies, different types of storage, flexible compute loads, AI-based control strategies, and more.
The E&I team is seeking an engineer to assist the development, demonstration, and deployment of an intelligent energy management system (IEMS), primarily focused on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). This position offers exposure to multiple business units within the company, executives, and is an opportunity to broaden and deepen understanding of all aspects of renewable energy and influence strategic direction and business decisions.
The IEMS SCADA Engineer will:
- Assist control and data acquisition integration of hardware, such as inverters, storage, and compute loads, at the Innovation Center and commercial plants
- Assist development of artificial intelligence (AI) based algorithms to control hardware at the Innovation Center and commercial plants
- Develop test plans, implement control algorithms, and oversee the tests
- Analyze performance of control algorithms, report on the results, and recommend improvements
- Assist deployment of effective control algorithms into commercial plants
- Assist operations of commercial plants where control algorithms are deployed
- Provide SCADA subject matter expertise support during the design, contracting, construction, commissioning and operations of solar and energy storage projects (e.g. design package reviews, equipment selection, supporting ISO’s energization testing, etc.)
- Lead SCADA-related projects, including system/feature upgrades and expansions, coordinating with internal teams and external contractors to ensure timely and on-budget completion.
- Perform other job duties as assigned
Duties and Responsibilities
Additionally, the IEMS SCADA Engineer is expected to assist with broader Innovation activities, such as:
- Identify technologies for evaluation and ideate new opportunities based on business need
- Evaluate the potential for technologies to increase company value, such as through performing techno-economic analyses, developing and/or running models and simulations, gathering information through first-hand interviews, field visits, and literature reviews.
- Create presentations and present to stakeholders, including, for example, potential value of new technologies, test plans, results from field demonstrations, and more
- Assist deployment of innovations into large-scale commercial projects
Job Qualifications/Requirements:
Minimum four (4) years’ professional experience in engineering or technical role in renewable energy. Minimum of 5 years of experience in SCADA systems, preferably in the renewable energy sector, with a focus on solar and battery storage.
B.S. Engineering from ABET-accredited University or other technical degree. Masters or Doctorate degree a plus and counts towards professional experience.
Proficient in Ignition, Canary Labs, SEL Hardware & Software, GE RX3i, Data Loggers, Meteorological Equipment, etc.
Knowledge of networking and cybersecurity practices related to industrial control systems.
Experience implementing innovations on large-scale renewable energy projects and managing small-scale field demonstrations.
Broad experience across new solar technologies, energy storage, or application of artificial intelligence / machine learning to renewable energy.
Demonstrated strong engineering, design, and communication skills, and an ability to work in a dynamic team environment to think outside the box and solve traditional problems in new ways.
Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
Self-starter with ability to prioritize efforts and drive towards completion.
Ok with ambiguity. Takes ownership.
Strong verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to contextualize and understand modeling results and effectively able to present results.
The position requires up to 10% domestic travel. If not based near Denver, CO, frequent travel to SB Energy’s Innovation Center may be required.
Location :- Denver, CO (preferred) or remote option available.
Base- 110000-140000
