Principal Engineer, Asset Management

Our client is one of North America's largest developers of DG and Community Solar projects with over 1,300 MW of distributed energy resources in operation across 28 states, the company serves more than 1,000 customers across the education, commercial, industrial, municipal, and utility sectors. Their offerings include on and off-site solar, energy storage, and EV infrastructure.

The Principal Engineer, Asset Management will serve as a senior technical resource supporting the company's operating solar portfolio. This person will lead complex troubleshooting and root-cause investigations, evaluate major equipment repairs and repowering opportunities, and develop practical engineering solutions to improve plant reliability and performance.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who understands how solar projects are designed, built, and operated. You'll work closely with internal teams, contractors, and equipment manufacturers to resolve technical issues, improve engineering practices, and support a growing technical team.

What You'll Do

• Conduct troubleshooting and root-cause investigations for PV modules, inverters, transformers, protection systems, monitoring equipment, and medium-voltage systems.


• Review plant performance, operating data, and field-test results to identify equipment failures, production losses, and opportunities to improve reliability.


• Evaluate electrical drawings, commissioning records, equipment documentation, and site history to determine the cause of technical issues and recommend corrective actions.


• Develop technical recommendations and designs for solar repowering, major repairs, and equipment replacement projects.


• Lead technical investigations across multiple solar sites, establish testing requirements, review findings, and coordinate corrective actions.


• Identify equipment defects, construction deficiencies, and workmanship issues, including providing technical support for warranty claims.


• Help establish engineering standards, construction practices, equipment selection criteria, maintenance requirements, and lessons learned across the portfolio.


• Develop critical spare parts recommendations based on equipment risk, potential downtime, production impact, availability, and procurement lead times.


• Provide engineering support to Operations, Asset Management, Construction, Development, Procurement, and other internal teams.


• Support technical reviews for major remediation projects and help resolve engineering issues during construction and commissioning.


• Ensure engineering recommendations comply with applicable electrical codes, industry standards, and safety requirements.


• Help define the engineering information maintained in operational databases, equipment repositories, and asset management systems.


• Communicate technical findings and recommendations clearly to engineering teams, field personnel, and company leadership.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.


• 8+ years of experience in solar engineering, power systems, operations engineering, reliability engineering, or asset performance.


• Hands-on engineering experience taking solar projects from design through construction and operation, including resolving technical issues in the field.


• Experience troubleshooting distributed generation or utility-scale solar PV systems.


• Experience with three-phase electrical systems, protection systems, inverter operation, and solar PV plant design.


• Working knowledge of PV modules, inverters, transformers, combiner boxes, electrical balance-of-system equipment, and common equipment failure modes.


• Ability to interpret electrical drawings, equipment datasheets, test results, as-built documentation, and manufacturer technical literature.


• Experience supporting multiple operating solar assets and managing competing technical priorities across a portfolio.


• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and nontechnical audiences.


• Comfortable working independently on technical challenges while collaborating with internal teams and external partners.


• Experience with solar repowering, major equipment replacements, fleet modernization, or PV system field testing is a plus.

Salary Range: $150k-$175k plus bonus

Who We Are

Peak Demand is the leading executive search firm focused on solar, renewable energy, and energy storage. Our recruiting specialists are well-connected in the industry, working with some of the most well-respected and fastest-growing companies in renewable energy. We have placed some of the top Business Development, Engineering, and Operations professionals in the industry.

Apply now or to learn more, contact Sarah Petersen at sarah@peakdemandinc.com.