At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking an Electrical Engineer to support the factory build, setup, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of our industrial SCADA systems and control room equipment. This role is hands-on and execution-focused, working closely with manufacturing, and engineering teams to ensure equipment is assembled, configured, tested, and released in accordance with defined quality standards before shipment.
The ideal candidate has prior design for production environment experience, and can follow established work instructions, test procedures, and checklists while supporting setup, testing, documentation, and issue resolution during factory activities.
Develop power and network design drawings, Panel layout and equipment mounting
Ability to design and review drawings using tools like AutoCAD, or similar
Support factory assembly readiness by coordinating with manufacturing reviewing build status and ensuring equipment is prepared for shipment.
Witness and support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) activities executed by factory technicians, including reviewing test readiness, observing tests, and capturing issues and deviations.
Support verification of device configuration and build quality against approved templates, configuration files, and build standards.
Perform on-site commissioning and support commissioning activities, including system startup, functional checks, and verification against commissioning procedures.
Support on-site integration with field devices, RTUs, networks, and control room systems, and troubleshoot issues identified during commissioning.
Identify, document, and help troubleshoot build, wiring, configuration, or integration issues discovered during factory testing or on-site commissioning.
Validate communication between site equipment during commissioning
Verify protocol communication such as Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, and similar industrial protocols based on predefined mappings.
Check data points, alarms, and status signals against approved project requirements and test plans.
Support basic network validation (device connectivity, VLAN assignment verification, IP addressing checks)
Develop and maintain scripts (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell) for device configuration and testing, diagnostics, etc
Requirements
Exposure to EMS, SCADA, BESS, or renewable energy systems.
Experience working in ISO-aligned or quality-controlled manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with quality processes (checklists, nonconformance tracking, corrective actions) in a manufacturing environment.
e-STORAGE uses AI-assisted tools during parts of the hiring process, including screening and workflow automation. All final hiring decisions are made by humans.
This is a current vacancy, and we are actively hiring for this position.
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