Electrical Engineer

Fluence is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer with experience in designing, commissioning, and operating utility-scale solar and storage power plants. The role will be responsible for bridging both, product and field teams in supporting manufacturing , project commissioning and service phases collecting and organizing feedback and driving product improvement implementation for Battery Energy Storage Systems(BESS) .

• This role will be directly involved in the Sustaining hardware engineering team in charge of the Support, Modification(customization) & Upgrade activities.
• Actively participate in sales meetings, being able to connect customer needs with our products’ available options and features.
• Translate custom project requirements into system requirements (and respective sub-system/component derivative requirement) within our system of record, PLM, and issue bill of materials to supply chain while meeting requirements for environmental conditions, maintainability, reliability, long lifetime, and cost.
• Create and/or facilitate project specific commissioning documentation.
• Update existing technical specifications for equipment procurement and/or technical annexes to contract documents.
• Execute the analysis, or evaluation of assigned issues using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Perform Issue Root Cause Analysis and support change management based on specified system performance and feedback from project commissioning and services teams.
• Provide technical consultation to other departments and colleagues.
• Contribute to hands-on testing of functionality and interoperation of solar + storage system components (inverters, DC/DC converters, controls, battery systems and balance of plant hardware) and integrated commercial systems.
• Collaborate with Product engineering team and subsystem suppliers on modifications or improvements to their products to ensure optimal integration with Fluence system design.
• Develop and track technical application notes and design guidance when system changes occur
• Familiarity with utility scale systems design, control, and monitoring
• Familiarity with TCP/IP and Ethernet network architecture/engineering
• Hands on experience designing and drafting plant level engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of or history working with major component suppliers in the solar or battery storage industry, such as inverters, PV panels, or lithium-ion battery modules
• Experience qualifying products to product standards with NRTLs (i.e. UL, Intertek, CSA)
• Familiarity with Agile process
• Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative decision-making tools.
• Prior knowledge/experience with Fluence product offerings