Energy Engineer

Qualus•Reno, NV

7d•$65,000 - $115,000

About The Position

The Energy Engineer provides engineering and technical services in support of Evaluation Measurement & Verification projects and utility clients. The role performs basic engineering analysis of energy systems across different building types, building systems, and industries. Working under senior engineering staff, the engineer applies calculations, algorithms, and modeling to estimate savings from energy-efficiency and demand-response measures in commercial and industrial buildings. The position also supports data acquisition and cleaning, conducts basic site assessments at customer facilities, and prepares technical reports explaining analysis results and findings. The role develops and applies models for research questions using qualitative and quantitative methods, selects data-collection approaches, and manages and analyzes data. It includes maintaining data integrity, applying data-cleaning techniques, interpreting basic statistics and relationships, and formulating key findings. The engineer is also responsible for reviewing project data and reported results for accuracy, completeness, and errors, and proactively checking their own data, analysis, and writing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Experience using data-management and analysis software, such as R.
Knowledge of energy-efficiency products and how they work.
Knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems and their relationship to energy efficiency.

Nice To Haves

Experience with regression analysis and other statistical modeling.
Experience using eQuest, EnergyPlus, and other industry-standard software tools.
Experience performing data analysis in R.

Responsibilities

Develop and apply models to address research questions using qualitative and quantitative methods.
Develop and use best-practice methods of data collection; with direction, design models and data-collection tools for a range of approaches.
Organize and manage data sets to maintain data integrity using Excel, R, and other data-management tools.
Conduct data analysis and apply and document appropriate data-cleaning techniques.
Calculate and interpret basic statistics and relationships in quantitative data, and summarize qualitative data.
Formulate key findings from analysis.
Work under senior engineering staff to apply calculations, algorithms, and modeling to estimate savings from energy-efficiency and demand-response measures in commercial and industrial buildings.
Support senior engineering staff with data acquisition and cleaning.
Conduct basic site assessments at customer facilities.
Write clear and concise technical reports explaining analysis results and findings to Qualus staff.
Review project data for accuracy, errors, and completeness, and ensure accuracy of reported results.
Proactively check own data, analysis, and writing for accuracy.
Communicate with project leads on quality-control approaches and results.