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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Operational Performance Engineer - **Company:** Origis Energy USA Inc. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, 3d Models, Data Analysis, Communications Protocols, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Python (Programming Language), Microsoft PowerPoint, Power BI, Modeling and Simulation, Performance Monitor - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/operational-performance-engineer-origis-energy-7627373 ## About the Role * 2+ years of performance engineering and/or analytics in the energy industry working with 20MW+ PV plants. * Demonstrated knowledge or experience in the energy space improving fleet performance and reliability. * Strong technical professional background in engineering, electrical design engineering, and/or project engineering role in the renewable industry. * Success in delivering on Performance and Engineering functions relating to operating PV solar and BESS projects. * Demonstrated knowledge and experience of BI tools such as PowerBI. * Deep knowledge with industry standard PV modeling software (i.e., PVsyst, PlantPredict, PVLIB). * Ability to utilize Excel spreadsheets and be able to use Word and PowerPoint for reporting/presentations via Teams or in person., * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematical Science or Data Science required (Masters degfree preferred). * Demonstrated experience in data science and analytics, with a focus on electrical power systems. * Experience performing data analysis to improve solar fleet performance and reliability and driving the identification and resolution of product failures. * Knowledge of monitoring and communications protocols, substation equipment and utility meters, battery backup systems and inverters, SCADA and MET station equipment. * Proficient in understanding asset design documentation, PV performance modelling and analysis. * Experience supporting 3rd party software providers in onboarding, QA and implementation, knowledge of Power Factors Unity. * Management of technical contract scopes and partnerships with third-party providers. * Experience working with O&M subcontractors to locate and resolve system outages. * Experience with Python. Location Austin, TX | Hybrid (Tues-Thurs onsite; Mon/Fri remote) Travel Up to 10% travel required as necessary ## Description Origis Energy is seeking an Operational Performance Engineer to join our team reporting to the Director Operational Performance Engineering. The individual will develop and lead strategy, direction and implementation of all technical processes and procedures relating to operational fleet performance. The role will have a hand in crafting the overall performance strategy for the organization and define the technical critical processes, systems, and tools that will allow the overall performance engineering group to drive the highest value/MWh possible across all operating renewable energy assets. In addition, this role will be the technical interface in developing a cohesive bond between our Remote Operations Center (ROC), Field Operations Teams and Asset Management., * Serve as the technical owner for operational performance engineering activities across Origis owned and third-party assets. * Perform analyses to evaluate the uncertainty of existing PV and BESS energy performance models; working to optimize plant performance and directing performance projects with site technicians. * Develop and refine performance tools and analytical capabilities to detect underperformance and support Field Operations troubleshooting. * Serve as the primary technical interface with our Asset Management Technical Platform, Power Factors Unity. * Provide operational feedback and technical insight into design, engineering and finance teams. * Utilizing operational performance data to work with supply chain and engineering teams to influence AVL and final equipment selections. * Own preparation of daily, weekly, monthly plant performance reporting. * Conduct Expected Energy modeling and as-built energy production modeling. * Translate commercial and operational goals into actionable analysis and individual KPI's. * Drive improvements in technical processes, procedure, and documentation across the performance engineering team. * Responsible for supporting the evaluation of operational efficiency investments and technical solutions for our assets. * Ensure technical processes are documented and drive improvement across the organization. ## Related Videos - [Flex your Energy: Building a Cloud-Native Platform for Renewable Energy Communities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1990-flex-your-energy-building-a-cloud-native-platform-for-renewable-energy-communities) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [TresJS a new declarative ThreeJS as Vue components](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/543-tresjs-a-new-declarative-threejs-as-vue-components) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)