Senior Engineer, Inverters
- Location
- US Salt Lake City, UT
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
About this role
Are you ready to be part of a company that's not just talking about the future, but actively shaping it? Join The AES Corporation, the largest US-based global power company with a team of 8,300 employees across 12 countries. AES has been ranked #1 by BloombergNEF in renewable energy sales to corporations in the US and Americas for five consecutive years, providing electricity for millions of people worldwide. We are proud to foster a strong workplace culture, earning prominent positions in Great Place to Work™ rankings across the markets where we operate. AES was also named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th consecutive year in 2026, highlighting our dedication to integrity, transparency, and responsible business practices. Our spirit of innovation continues to earn industry recognition. AES is the only seven-time winner of the Edison Electric Institute’s Edison Awards in the twenty-first century, a distinction honoring global leadership in advancing the electric power industry. If you're ready to be part of a company that's not just adapting to change, but driving it, AES is the place for you. We're not just building a more sustainable future , we're powering it. Apply now and energize your career with a true leader in global energy. Reporting to the AES CE Manager of Technical Services , the goal of this position is to support, improve, and optimize the AES Clean Energy operational performance of a fleet of utility scale PV inverters across the US by providing t echnical e xpertise , p erformance a nalysis, and c ritical p rocess s upport. The i nverter e ngineer will lead technical projects focused on increasing the performance and reliability of AES CE Assets and reducing operations & maintenance cost associated with inverters . The i nverter e ngineer will wor k on both troubleshooting emerging events and providing real-time support to operations field personnel as well as progressing longer term improvement projects.
Main Responsibilities
Provide engineering support for the troubleshooting, testing and maintenance of electrical equipment and controls for the AESCE inverter fleet. C oordinate with reliability and performance engineers any improvement technologies for the AESCE inverter fleet Share and capitalize on lessons learned and benchmarking from not only AES but other industry leaders. Monitor new technology innovations in inverter technology and safety systems and provide recommendations to project design teams to implement where appropriate Perform technical and operational due diligence and develop O&M cost assumptions in support of new inverter opportunity evaluations for the US markets. Develop and lead technical projects to enhance asset performance and operations Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Follow RCA procedures for ad hoc and chronic incidents for assets Develop Recovery Plan based on RCA findings Management of Change ( MoC ) Implementation of Asset Management Standards (AMS) Diagnostics Develop Prevent Maintenance (PM) procedures based on OEM manuals alongside performance and reliability engineers Assist in the d evelop ment of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training for O&M teams Lead optimization efforts by employing AES APEX & Lean Six Sigma approaches and tools sets. Develop strategy for older assets on how to move from current design to newer design Ability to evaluate proposed settings changes to inverter equipment for grid interconnection , performance and safety implications Recommend when equipment needs to be updated or replaced and provided r ecommend ations for updated inverter equipment for repowering PV sites at end of