SolarFarmer Analyst
DNV GL USA, INC.

Local Unit & Position Description

DNV is a leading solar industry technical authority focused on pre-construction project design & assessment, lenders' services and operational monitoring; Solar - DNV. Key to our success is the breadth and depth of domain knowledge embodied in 300 DNV professional solar engineers and our collective focus on technical excellence.

The SolarFarmer software package is DNV's commercial (and in-house) tool for PV energy calculation providing PV project developers and operators unparalleled calculation fidelity in a scalable cloud compute engine; PV plant design software | solar plant design | SolarFarmer (dnv.com). We are expanding the functionality and scalability of our existing desktop and web software, adding new domain engineering features and consumption-based API services whilst maintaining best in class user experience.

The SolarFarmer team is based in the Renewables and Ocean Structures unit of DNV Digital Solutions. We work alongside renewables domain and software professionals empowering engineers globally to innovate, to drive down the cost of energy and to accelerate the energy transition. The unit is responsible for many other renewables software products and services including Wind turbine design software | Bladed (dnv.com) and Sesam (dnv.com) for wind turbine machinery design and assessment, accompanied by Wind resource assessment | WindFarmer: Analyst (dnv.com) and Resource panorama DNV for wind farm energy and resource assessment respectively.

DNV maintains organisation-wide goals for digitalisation and decarbonisation of all relevant industrial sectors, and we are serious about innovation! DNV re-invests 5% of revenues in Research & Development. In addition our Digital Solutions Business Area is investing heavily in renewables software and within our unit we provide a 10% innovation time framework for all staff.

The successful candidate will be working alongside our US based sales and support staff, strengthening technical connections between customers and in-house solar consultants based in the Americas, and with our European based SolarFarmer development team

What You'll Do

Support our users

• Keep product knowledge and technical skills up to date by contributing to technical support and customer success activities for existing customers
• Drive the development of the SolarFarmer online e-learning and virtual training offerings, and deliver technical training

Support the sales team during the sales process

• Present SolarFarmer to prospective customers and answer technical questions about the software and its applications
• Work with customers to understand technical needs in relation to SolarFarmer's current and potential capabilities. Gather objective customer feedback to feed into SolarFarmer development roadmap.

Drive improvement of pre-sales resources and processes

• Improve and generate new pre-sales materials such as presentations and demos
• Empower and coach other team members to carry out pre-sales activities and generate pre-sales resources

Thought leadership

• Work with the SolarFarmer and marketing teams to provide thought leadership to relevant markets through presentation at conferences, open-days, publications, articles, webinars, etc
• Co-ordinate software open days and training events

Position Qualifications

What is Required

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, physics or related discipline
• 3 years of experience working in a software or engineering environment
• Familiarity with PV, energy storage or power grid analysis
• Working knowledge of 3D geometry, time series analysis and Python scripting
• Strong communication skills written and verbal
• Fluent in verbal and written English
• We conduct a pre-employment background check and drug screening

What is Preferred

• Experience of commercial engineering software testing
• Experience with Microsoft Azure technologies
• Experience using PV software (e.g. PVsyst)

*Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position*

How We Do It

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DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment department (hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodations will be addressed confidentially.

What We Offer

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
• Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
• Spending accounts - FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
• Special programs - Employee Assistance Program, ID theft protection, and accident and critical illness options for you and your family
• Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
• 401(k) with company match
• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
• Tuition assistance
• Consumer discounts and rewards
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid/remote opportunities
• Advancement opportunities

**Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election**

Company & Business Area Description

DNV is the independent expert in assurance and risk management, operating in more than 100 countries. Through our broad experience and deep expertise we advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions.

We are a world-leading provider of digital solutions and software applications with focus on the energy, maritime and healthcare markets. Our solutions are used worldwide to manage risk and performance for wind turbines, electric grids, pipelines, processing plants, offshore structures, ships, and more. Supported by our domain knowledge and Veracity assurance platform, we enable companies to digitize and manage business critical activities in a sustainable, cost-efficient, safe and secure way.
Equal Opportunity Statement

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity!

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