Solar Design Manager

About the Role

As a Solar Design Manager at Resonant Energy, you'll produce the technical designs that move solar projects from concept through construction across rooftop, ground-mounted, and canopy installations for non-profits and affordable housing developers.

What You'll Do

You'll own the end-to-end design process for your project portfolio, from site surveys through full construction drawing sets. Using AutoCAD, Scanifly, and Aurora, you'll develop PV layouts, single-line diagrams, and system specifications while ensuring compliance with NEC, building code, and fire code. You'll coordinate with third-party engineers, support utility interconnection, and provide technical guidance to Project Managers. On new construction projects, you'll work directly with architects and building engineers to integrate solar into building plans from the start.

What Makes This Role Exciting

• Every design you produce directly enables a clean energy project serving communities that need it most
• You'll work across a technically diverse project mix including new construction, canopy systems, and battery storage, building expertise across project types as Resonant grows its portfolio and expands into new markets

You'll Thrive If You

• Take satisfaction in producing technically precise, code-compliant work
• Are energized by design challenges that require creative problem-solving
• Want to keep building expertise across emerging solar technologies and project types
• Want meaningful work delivering clean energy to under-invested communities

Your Qualifications

Alignment with our Principles:

• Community: We support communities in leading their own clean energy transition and advocate for equitable solar policy
• Equity: We build wealth in under-invested communities affected by the climate crisis and commit to anti-racist practices
• Excellence: We do the right things, in the right way and prioritize social and environmental impact alongside economic goals in everything we do
• Innovation: We implement creative solutions to expand solar access because the industry isn't moving fast enough
• Integrity: We're trusted partners who communicate transparently and view profit as a means to expand our impact
• Culture: We balance mission urgency with work-life balance, support, fun and investing in our team's growth

Education, Experience & Credentials:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable industry experience
• 2+ years of solar PV and/or BESS electrical design and engineering experience
• Working knowledge of NEC, building code, and fire code as applied to solar PV or battery energy storage systems

Preferred:

• NABCEP certificate
• Familiarity with new construction solar integration
• Drone pilot's license and operational experience with flying drones

Ability to Demonstrate our Standards of Excellence:

• Ownership
• Collaboration
• Adaptability/Resilience
• Operational Excellence
• Growth

Core Role Competencies:

• Attention to Detail
• Industry and Application Knowledge
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Planning and Results Orientation
• Communication
• Dynamic Learning Mindset
• Analytical Thinking

Computing, Software and Language Skills:

• AutoCAD or equivalent design software
• Scanifly, Aurora, or comparable solar design software
• Salesforce
• Google Workspace proficiency
• MacOS / MacBook
• Native or fluent English

Compensation

• Total Compensation: $85,900 - $121,700
• Base Salary: $85,900 - $111,700
• Performance Bonus: Up to $10,000 annually

Benefits

Comprehensive Health & Wellness:

• Healthcare: 100% premium coverage for you and your children, 33% coverage for your spouse
• Dental: 100% premium coverage for you
• Vision: Affordable premium w/exam, glasses, and contacts allowances
• Mental Health Support: $100 monthly reimbursement for mental health services
• Health and Dependent Care FSA: Save money on pre-tax deductions for necessary expenses
• Retirement: 401k with automatic 3% employer contribution to help build your financial future

Generous Time Off:

• Vacation: 13 days annually
• Sick Leave: 8 days annually
• Holidays: 13 annually
• Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks fully paid time to bond
• Community Impact: 8 hours for volunteering, GOTV, and protest
• Voting Leave: 3 hours off to do your civic duty
• Other time as necessary, e.g. Jury duty, bereavement, etc.

Growth & Development:

• Professional Development Budget: $500/year
• Community Building: Quarterly company-wide events for fun and giving back

Commuter & Lifestyle Benefits:

• Monthly T-pass
• Commuter Rail reimbursement
• Bike allowance for eco-friendly commuting
• Schedule Flexibility: Option for 8am-4pm schedule to fit your life
• Remote Work: 6 weeks of fully remote work flexibility annually
• Friday Hard Stop: End work at 4pm to socialize with your colleagues

Employee Profit Share Opportunity:

• Become a partner in our mission - Eligible after 3 years: Profit Sharing
• Unlimited PTO
• Strategy and Budgeting Participation - Bi-annual meetings to learn about and weigh in on direction and decisions and company culture budget allocation
• Democratic Voice - voting to elect delegates to join founders in making key company decisions