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Job Description

Perform site-specific engineering analysis or evaluation of energy efficiency and solar projects involving residential, commercial, or industrial customers. Design solar domestic hot water and space heating systems for new and existing structures, applying knowledge of structural energy requirements, local climates, solar technology, and thermodynamics.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2199.11

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Tasks for “Solar Energy Systems Engineer”

Create checklists for review or inspection of completed solar installation projects.
Develop design specifications and functional requirements for residential, commercial, or industrial solar energy systems or components.
Design or develop vacuum tube collector systems for solar applications.
Develop standard operation procedures and quality or safety standards for solar installation work.
Perform thermal, stress, or cost reduction analyses for solar systems.
Test or evaluate photovoltaic (PV) cells or modules.
Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for use in the design of residential or commercial solar power systems.
Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during installation, start-up, testing, system commissioning, or performance monitoring.
Create electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, or connection diagrams for solar electric systems, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system components, for residential and commercial buildings.
Review specifications and recommend engineering or manufacturing changes to achieve solar design objectives.
Perform computer simulation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system performance or energy production to optimize efficiency.
Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.

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Field emission scanning electron microscopes FESEM
Ultraviolet UV exposure units
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Strain gauges
Photoluminescence spectrometers
Meggers
High-precision balances
X-ray photoelectron spectrometers
Inert atmosphere glove boxes
Film extruders
Thermal cyclers
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Liquid chromatographs LC
Moisture analyzers
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Ultrasonic cleaners
Pull testers
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Irradiance detectors
Auger electron spectrometers
Pyranometers
pH meters
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Photovoltaic array simulators
Flexure testers
Ion beam assisted deposition IBAD systems
Reactive power meters
Inductance capacitance resistance LCR meters
Current versus voltage IV curve tracers
Scanning probe microscopes SPM
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Personal computers
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Environmental chambers
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Optical compound microscopes
Direct current DC power supplies
Recording ammeters
Solar simulators
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Video cameras
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Thermocouples
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Shear testers
Transmission electron microscopes TEM
Voltmeters
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Focused ion beam FIB systems
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Goniometers
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Laser printers
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Thermopiles
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X ray diffractometers
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Copy machines
Impact testers
Phase angle meters
Optical scanners
Ion mills
Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
Digital pattern generators
Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Infrared cameras
Micromanipulators

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National Instruments Compact FieldPoint System
Microsoft Outlook
Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment SWERA
HOMER Micropower Optimization Model
PVsyst
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
RETScreen
Optical Physics Technologies SUN_CHART
Data acquisition software
National Instruments LabVIEW
Microsoft Project
Microsoft PowerPoint
Simulation software
Solar Advisor Model
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Autodesk AutoCAD
Finite element method FEM software
TurboCAD IMSI
SOLAR-2
Autodesk AutoCAD LT
Global positioning system GPS software
Regional Energy Deployment System ReEDS
ANSYS FLUENT
PV Optics
Microsoft Access
SolTrace