Senior Engineering Manager - Renewable Energy

Responsibilities

• Direct Team Management: Recruit, manage, mentor, and inspire a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team of renewable energy development engineers in a fully remote environment.
• Culture & Team Leadership: Foster a culture of trust, psychological safety, and strong interpersonal awareness. Guide your team through complex project challenges, support career development, and manage cross-functional relationships with empathy and clarity.
• Resource Allocation: Act with high autonomy to assign engineering resources, manage workloads, and balance team priorities across a diverse national project pipeline.
• Entrepreneurial Project Ownership & Technical Sales Strategy: Act as the ultimate technical owner for a portfolio of complex multi-million dollar energy projects, driving technical strategy, risk mitigation, and execution from inception to completion.
• Strategic Sales Partnership: Partner with Sales Executives to align engineering solutions with business development goals. Participate in high-stakes customer meetings, presenting technical visions credibly and tailoring complex concepts to C-suite stakeholders.
• Proposal Oversight: Oversee and approve the preparation of technical proposals, including system layouts, energy production estimates, equipment specs, risk assessments, and project schedules.
• Incentive Strategy: Guide the team in leveraging complex incentive programs (ITC, IRA adders, SGIP, USDA REAP, net metering) to maximize project economics and create competitive advantages.
• Technical Project Development Oversight: Champion top-tier technical development of solar PV, BESS, microgrid, and EV charging projects from early feasibility through construction handoff.
• System Optimization: Oversee advanced energy modeling, battery dispatch optimization, utility cost/rate analysis, and microgrid resiliency designs.
• Vendor & Utility Management: Direct utility interconnection strategies (NEM, SGIP, Rule 21, etc.). Act as the escalation point for complex technical hurdles with utilities, AHJs, outside engineers, and vendors.
• Financial & Budgetary Ownership: Review and approve financial models, project pricing, construction budgets, and project schedules in tandem with Pre-Construction teams.
• Construction Support & Continuous Improvement: Ensure seamless handoff to Project Management, providing high-level technical guidance during material procurement and construction phases.
• Performance Accountability: Oversee the technical components of commissioning, project closeout, and post-construction savings evaluations.
• Process Innovation: Continuously evaluate and improve internal engineering processes, design tools, and best practices to scale the remote engineering department.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in renewable energy project development, engineering design, or a related field.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully leading the development of utility-scale or complex commercial/industrial solar PV and/or battery energy storage (BESS) projects.
• Ability to review confidential US security information.
• Strong emotional intelligence: Proven ability to lead with empathy, resolve conflicts, mentor remote staff, and build strong relationships with diverse customer profiles.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Comfortable with ambiguity; a proactive self-starter who thrives with minimal oversight, enjoys building processes from scratch, and treats project budgets/timelines with true ownership.
• Advanced Technical Domain: Strong experience with complex microgrid design, islanding configurations, grid services, and dispatch optimization modeling.
• Modeling Software Proficiency: Deep familiarity with or ability to guide teams using PVSyst, Helioscope, Aurora, Energy Toolbase, Xendee, and/or HOMER Pro.
• Financial & Analytical Acumen: Advanced capability to analyze utility rate structures and validate financial metrics (NPV, IRR, simple payback).
• Remote Mastery: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills tailored for an asynchronous, 100% remote workplace.
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 25% of the time for site visits, team alignment meetings, and high-priority customer presentations.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $154,200 - $223,200 (presented in good faith). In addition to base pay, employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off, and may be eligible for performance incentives, bonuses, commissions, or equity, depending on the role.