Internship - Performance Engineer Intern

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $20 / Hour

POSITION : Performance Engineer Intern

WHO WE ARE :

Heelstone Renewable Energy is a utility-scale solar, wind, and storage developer headquartered in Durham, NC, with expertise in developing, originating, financing, constructing, and operating solar photovoltaic, wind, and storage projects. Heelstones strategy includes greenfield development, co-development, and acquisitions of later-stage projects. Heelstone has developed and achieved commercial operation on over 80 solar projects with an aggregate generating capacity of approximately 1.2 GW. Heelstone has partnered with Qualitas Energy to fund its development platform as it continues to grow into a world-class Independent Power Producer. For more information, please visitwww.heelstoneenergy.com.

POSITION SUMMARY :

The Performance Engineering Intern will work with the Asset Management team for 1012 weeks, supporting project-based analysis, reporting, process improvement, and project analytics for U.S. utility-scale renewable energy projects. The internship is based in Durham, North Carolina, and provides opportunities for hands-on learning in operational asset management and performance engineering. This is a full-time position located in Durham, North Carolina, reporting to the Head of Asset Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Analyze solar plant performance data to identify performance trends, anomalies, and actionable insights for asset improvement.
• Conduct a focused research and analysis project on factors impacting solar farm performanceincluding weather, irradiance, equipment degradation, and soilingand summarize findings in a report.
• Prepare at least two detailed performance reports (and one presentation) communicating key findings to internal stakeholders, with guidance from technical mentors.
• Present recommendations for corrective actions and optimization strategies based on analysis to the operations team during a project review meeting.
• Collaborate with the Technical Asset Manager to help develop and document a performance optimization plan for a specific solar farm.
• Participate in problem-solving sessions with engineering and technical teams to help resolve a selected performance-related issue, documenting the process and outcome.
• Monitor and maintain high-frequency data pipelines to support operations, asset management, and executive-level teams.
• Ship code and maintain testing related to Heelstones solar plant modeling engine using the pvlib python library.

SKILLS AND PERSONAL QUALITIES :

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

If you are interested in gaining hands-on experience in the renewable energy industry and see firsthand what its like to work in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment, we would like to meet you!