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Intern, Development Engineering

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Engineering
  • Austin
    Remote

Requirements

  • Demonstrated interest in a career in renewable energy.
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD.
  • Problem solving skills: takes a systematic approach to solving problems rather than reacting to symptoms
  • Self-development: knows own capabilities, seeks out feedback and responds positively to improve performance
  • Critical thinking: the ability to break a situation down into smaller pieces to identify its key or underlying issues
  • Flexibility: The ability to work in a variety of situations, and with various individuals and groups. Understanding and appreciating different and opposing perspectives on an issue and adapting one’s approach to the changes at hand.
  • Minimum of at least 2 years of coursework working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or any amount of coursework experience working towards a Graduate degree.
  • Renewable energy experience a plus
  • Civil engineering is also a plus

Responsibilities

  • Assess new sites for solar and battery storage project development opportunities, including performing site visits.
  • Manage and review technical due diligence (Geotechnical and Hydrological Surveys) for late-stage development projects.
  • Perform project designs in AutoCAD and optimize for cost/performance.
  • Prepare site constraints plans for projects at the EPC RFP stage.
  • Review EPC bids and designs.
  • Support bidding into PPA RFPs.
  • Support project sales.
  • Reports to Engineering Manager, Development Engineering.
  • Works cross functionally and collaboratively with all departments
  • Interfaces with third-party engineering service providers and subcontractors

Canadian Solar exists to Make the Difference.

Energy
Industry
10,001+
Employees
2001
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Founded in 2001 in Ontario Canada, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is as a global energy provider with successful business subsidiaries in 20 countries & regions on 6 continents. Canadian Solar is both a leading manufacturer of solar PV modules and a provider of solar energy solutions, with over 14,000 employees globally. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, Brazil and South East Asian countries, Canadian Solar now has module manufacturing capacity and has delivered more than 55 GW of premium quality solar modules to customers in over 150 countries in the past 20 years. Canadian Solar has solar power projects globally and solar power plants that are in commercial operation, with a resale value of US$1.2 billion. In addition, Canadian Solar has a geographically diversified utility-scale solar power project pipeline around 10 GWp, with projects being developed in the U.S., Japan, Latin America,Australia, EMEA, South East Asia, India and China. Of the total project pipeline, 2.9 GWp of projects are at late-stage development and have secured energy offtake agreements. In 2018, Canadian Solar achieved a revenue of US$3.74 billion, Meanwhile, Canadian Solar was listed as the Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Tier 1 Module Manufacturer in terms of bankability for Q4 2018, and was named as Top 3 Global Utility-scale Solar PV Project Developer for 2017 by GTM Research. Canadian Solar Founder and CEO Dr. Shawn Qu blogs as a LinkedIn Influencer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnqu/. Canadian Solar is making the difference by delivering more clean, safe and affordable solar energy to the world.