Sr Engineer - Solar PV Arc Flash Analysis and Inverter Support
Requisition ID: 85900
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and dependable electricity to over 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!
Position Specific Description
NextEra Energy’s Power Generation Division (PGD) is currently seeking a Senior Engineer who can apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and fields related to solar power generation. This candidate will need to make decisions independently regarding engineering issues and processes. This position requires supervision only related to high level objective and critical issues.
Areas of responsibility will include, but not be limited to:
- Modelling and analysis of solar sites using ETAP software. Performing AC and DC system arc flash studies and reviews of studies performed by outside engineers.
- Ensure consistent application of arc flash study standard, and make improvements to the standard as industry knowledge advances
- Leading root-cause analysis (RCA) for equipment failures at solar sites Providing assistance to field technicians with troubleshooting inverter and other solar issues
- Support the development of countermeasures for recurring issues
- Support responses to regulatory bodies for data requests
- Support component failure rate analysis and development of capital part replacements and work plans
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor’s Degree in other engineering discipline with equivalent experience with electrical systems
- 5+ years of experience working in solar
- Experience with electrical system modeling software (PSSE, PSCAD, SKM, ETAP, etc.)
Desired Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Advanced modeling with ETAP software
- 5 years experience with arc flash modeling