Industrial Engineer – Solar Operations & Data Analytics
About The Position
SunPower is seeking a highly analytical Industrial Engineer / Operations Analyst to improve the performance, productivity, and scalability of its solar operations. The role analyzes operational data across the solar project lifecycle—from sales and design through permitting, installation, inspection, PTO, and activation—and turns it into actionable insights for Operations and leadership. This hands-on role combines data, systems, processes, and collaboration with people to build dashboards, charts, reports, and performance-management tools. The goal is to make operational performance and bottlenecks visible and support a data-driven operating culture. Success is measured through improvements such as reduced cycle times, work in progress (WIP), aging, rework, and cancellations; increased throughput and installation productivity; better quality and forecast accuracy; automated reporting; and increased operational capacity without proportional headcount growth. The company does not require a traditional Industrial Engineering background. Candidates with the ability to understand complex operational processes, analyze data, build effective dashboards, identify problems, support corrective actions, and measure results may be successful. Solar experience is a plus, while relevant experience in other project-based industries may also be valuable.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Operations, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2–5+ years of experience in operations analytics, industrial engineering, business intelligence, project operations, process improvement, or a similar analytical role.
- Experience working with large operational datasets.
- Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables, Power Query, formulas, and data visualization.
- Demonstrated experience building Power BI, Tableau, or similar dashboards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to identify patterns in data and translate them into business actions.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work with technical and non-technical teams.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in solar, energy, construction, home services, telecommunications, logistics, or another project-based operational business.
- Experience with Salesforce or other CRM platforms, SQL, Power BI or Tableau, and Python or other data-analysis tools.
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, process improvement, or operational excellence.
- Experience analyzing field-service or installation operations.
- Understanding of project lifecycle management and WIP management.
Responsibilities
- Analyze data across the solar project lifecycle to identify bottlenecks, delays, productivity issues, and improvement opportunities.
- Track project flow from sale through design, permitting, installation, inspection, PTO, and activation.
- Analyze cycle times, aging, WIP, productivity, backlog, throughput, conversion rates, cancellations, rework, revenue, and MW throughput.
- Identify where projects accumulate in the pipeline, conduct root-cause analysis, and determine the operational and financial impact of delays.
- Develop operational benchmarks and identify performance gaps across teams, markets, crews, and regions.
- Build and maintain dashboards providing real-time or near-real-time visibility into pipeline, backlog and aging, cycle times, quality, inspection pass rates, PTO, installer and crew productivity, regional performance, forecast versus actual production, and operational constraints.
- Design reporting for front-line managers and executive leadership, making important issues immediately visible.
- Map and analyze operational workflows and recommend changes that improve speed, quality, customer experience, and profitability.
- Support continuous-improvement initiatives across Operations, Design, Construction, Supply Chain, and Customer Experience.
- Establish standard operating metrics and definitions across teams and track the impact of improvement initiatives.
- Extract, clean, combine, and analyze data from CRM, project management, ERP, design, installation, and other operational systems.
- Develop a consistent source of truth for key operational metrics and partner with IT and Data teams to improve data quality and reporting infrastructure.
- Automate data collection and recurring reporting to reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets.
Benefits
- Employee RSU Awards program
- Quarterly and annual bonus program based on performance
- Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage
- PTO/DTO for full-time employees
- 10 paid holidays
- Fully stocked breakroom with snacks, drinks, and breakfast, plus company-provided lunch once a week
- Ping pong and cornhole in the office
- CanyonPark access to a gym, pickleball and basketball courts, outdoor patio areas, food trucks, and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
