Development Engineer
US$165,000 – US$185,000 / yr base salary
Posted 13 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Sr. Development Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
| Base salary | US$165,000 – US$185,000 / yr |
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
Hanwha Renewables, headquartered in Irvine, California, a member of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm that is among the eight largest business enterprises in South Korea. Hanwha Renewables designs, builds and manages renewable energy solutions. The company brings a decade of global leadership in renewable energy to North America, combining best-of-world technology, processes, and partnerships to deliver utility-grade energy solutions customized for local energy markets. Hanwha Renewables offers the full spectrum of energy solutions – from power plant development, design, construction, operations, and maintenance. With proven capabilities across the renewable energy value chain, Hanwha Renewables minimizes uncertainty and risk, and helps customers achieve a higher return on their investment in renewable energy.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Sr Development Engineer will be responsible for technical diligence, design, energy performance forecasts, performance analyses and verification for hundreds of megawatts of PV and ESS development projects and operating facilities. S/he will support Project Development and Preconstruction project startup phases with hands-on design engineering, energy performance modeling, technical specifications data analysis and interpretation for Solar, Solar plus Storage and Standalone Storage projects up to 1 GW; and will provide technical support and inputs for PPA and EPC RFP Exhibit preparations. Occasional travel to project sites throughout North America will be required. Remote working from a location close to a major airport in the US will be considered for suitably experienced candidates with evidence or references regarding their ability to manage and deliver first class work in a similar situation.
The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management. All duties will be assigned in accordance with applicable laws and company policies.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Consolidate project information and inputs to conduct site technical diligence, feasibility analysis, risk identification and design layouts and reviews in support of M&A acquisitions and cost estimations
- Perform conceptual or preliminary design evaluations using Helioscope, PlantPredict, SIFT, PVCASE and/or AUTOCAD design software to support site diligence and cost estimation for Green Field and M&A projects.
- Perform energy production forecasting modeling and analysis activities using PVSYST for all development projects and operating facilities and support technical diligence on site selection and project acquisitions.
- Implement energy production modeling analysis and provide modeling inputs to assist with the optimization of system designs for PV and ESS projects, to achieve targets for production yield, generating capacity, capital cost, financial returns, etc.