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Overview esVolta, LP is a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America.

We are at the forefront of the fast-growing battery energy storage market, and our projects are helping to transition the nation’s electric grid to a cleaner and more reliable future.

Our storage projects provide major utilities with a multitude of important services including reliable fast-ramping capacity, energy and ancillary grid services including renewable energy integration support. esVolta is independently owned, and we are among the largest players in the US energy storage sector with about 2.0 GWh of projects in operation or construction, and a 25+ GWh development pipeline.

We are headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with employees in multiple regions across the U.S.

Our diverse management team has many decades of experience in the renewable energy, utility, and independent power sectors. esVolta is an innovative industry leader in development, design, construction, financing, and management of utility scale energy storage projects.

At esVolta, every employee makes an impact on the company’s growth and profitability, every day.

We have a fast-paced, high-performance and team-oriented culture.

We value quality of life and flexibility for our employees and strive to help our team members achieve their career goals.

About The Role We are seeking individuals to join as Performance Engineer to support the performance optimization and contractual reporting for operational battery energy storage assets throughout the USA.

The Performance Engineer will conduct performance analysis and data interpretation to ensure contractual adherence for GWh of BESS assets; providing expertise to maximize asset performance while optimizing asset value.

This position is responsible for ensuring improvement of systems, tools, and being a resource regarding emerging operational best practices with a critical thinking mindset and ability to investigate issues and perform data analysis to provide resolutions.

Core Responsibilities Own the operational performance engineering and reporting for esVolta’s deployed BESS, focusing on system performance improvement.

Evaluate asset performance against contractual commitments during execution and operation phases, and create baseline reports.

Support the development of technical performance contract language for EPC agreements.

Develop software to generate actionable insights from performance data using data mining and statistical analysis techniques .

Conduct computationally efficient exploratory data analysis, anomaly detection, and projection methodologies.

Develop systems to automatically detect performance degradations and correlate them to specific causes and improvements.

Create systems for automatic reporting of Energy Storage health and deploy interventions based on management by exception criteria.

Collaborate with Operations Engineering to identify and resolve technical issues, working closely with the Asset Management Team and equipment suppliers to address system deficiencies or malfunctions.

Quality Assurance Consolidate energy production and financial model inputs and analysis to support performance-related aspects of power purchase agreements, EPC contracts, interconnection agreements, and equipment warranties.

Validate performance against base case financial assumptions.

Review technical documents and acceptance test results, comparing them to contractual standards.

Safety Assist with incident analysis as required. Create and assist in the generation of FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) and HMA (Hazard Mitigation Analysis).

Skills & Qualifications 3 years of experience in energy storage.

ABET accredited bachelor’s degree (Masters preferred) in Engineering and/or data science.

Professional Engineering status preferred.

Highly proficient in software engineering with experience in Python, SQL, data visualization, and artificial intelligence.

Experience working with Cloud computing services and databases.

Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and data mining techniques such as; regression, multilevel regression, forecasting, decision trees, etc.

Familiarity with SCADA, communication protocols, and controls.

Proficient at breaking down goals into tangible and actionable work plans.

Superior communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.

Outstanding interpersonal skills, including an ability to maintain calm and effective exchanges by all parties during stressful situations, and executive level reporting that ensures timely action and decision making in time-pressured scenarios.

Demonstrate strong teamwork orientation, initiative, communication, problem solving, organizational and leadership skills.

Grit, strong work ethic, and passionate about the energy sector.

Willingness to travel to sites – estimated 10%.

Compensation, Location & Benefits The actual salary and bonus offered will depend on the specific skills and experience of the selected candidate. $150,000 20% 401(k) program with 6% match Monthly cell phone stipend Medical, dental and vision care benefits 20 vacation days, 5 sick days and 9 observed holidays This position is classified as remote; however, periodic travel to company offices, project sites or other meeting locations may be required on an as-needed basis. esVolta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We celebrate all forms of diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

However you identify or whatever your path here, we encourage you to apply.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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