Senior BESS Inverter Performance Engineer

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🌐 Canada, United States – Remote

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💵 $100k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Canadian Solar Inc.

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2001

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

Construction • Logistics • Energy

Canadian Solar Inc. is a global company specializing in solar power technologies and energy storage solutions. The company provides a wide range of solar products, including solar modules, utility inverters, and energy storage systems for both residential and utility-scale projects. Canadian Solar boasts a substantial international presence, with active customers in over 160 countries and subsidiaries in 23 countries across six continents. It is committed to sustainability and responsible supply chain management, ensuring its goods are produced without prohibited forms of labor. With significant manufacturing capabilities in Asia and the Americas, Canadian Solar is a key player in the renewable energy industry, supporting a transition to clean energy through innovative solar plants and energy storage solutions.

📋 Description

• Diagnose inverter-related performance issues across operating BESS projects • Prioritize, investigate, and drive corrective actions with inverter vendors • Perform root cause analysis using operational data, first principles, site evidence, and technical review • Maintain vendor issue logs covering status, root cause, corrective action, validation, and closure • Review vendor release notes, firmware updates, design changes, and retrofit proposals • Define corrective actions, retrofit requirements, implementation plans, validation criteria, and deployment schedules with vendors • Troubleshoot voltage, frequency, real power, and reactive power distribution issues • Track retrofit rollouts across sites, including affected assets, owners, deployment status, validation evidence, risks, and closure criteria • Ensure activities comply with safety protocols, engineering standards, and company policies

🎯 Requirements

• Engineering degree in electrical, computer, or mechanical engineering • Minimum of five years of experience in renewable energy and/or battery energy storage • Strong knowledge of inverter operation, dispatch control, firmware/software behaviour, controls logic, and hardware design considerations • Power systems knowledge preferred, including voltage control, frequency response, and real/reactive power behaviour in grid-connected systems • Experience troubleshooting inverter or BESS performance issues using operational data and event logs • Experience managing corrective action or retrofit rollouts across multiple sites • Proficiency with Excel, Smartsheet, or similar tools • Knowledge and experience with SCADA protocols, including DNP3 and Modbus • Familiarity with industrial communication networks, including fiber optics, network switches, and TCP/IP • Clear technical communication with vendors, site teams, engineering, and management • Ability to travel up to 20% of time; travel may be on short notice

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Generous benefits package • Health coverage • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Supportive, collaborative environment • Growth opportunities • Performance bonuses