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Job Description
We are seeking a Wind and Solar Energy Resource Engineer to join our renewable energy advisory team and support the execution of wind and solar resource and energy yield assessments for utility-scale wind and solar projects. The successful candidate will analyze meteorological and solar irradiance data, perform wind flow and PV energy production modeling, and develop bankable energy assessments for developers, investors, and lenders. The role involves working with met mast, LiDAR, remote sensing, and solar resource datasets, conducting uncertainty and loss analyses, and supporting wind farm layout optimization. Experience in solar energy assessments, PVsyst, and solar resource assessment will be part of the responsibilities of the role. The engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout the project development lifecycle while delivering high-quality technical reports and client-facing solutions. Experience with industry-standard wind and solar assessment tools and strong analytical skills are essential. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to the successful deployment of renewable energy projects worldwide
Responsibilities
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- Execute bankable wind resource and energy yield assessments for utility-scale projects.
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- Analyze and validate meteorological data from met masts, LiDAR, and SoDAR systems.
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- Develop long-term wind resource and energy production estimates.
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- Perform wind flow, wake, and micrositing analyses using industry-standard software.
- Execute solar energy assessments and solar resource assessments, including analysis and validation of irradiance and meteorological data and long-term solar resource estimates.
- Perform PV energy yield modeling using PVsyst or equivalent tools, including loss, degradation, and uncertainty analyses for utility-scale solar projects.
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- Quantify project uncertainties, energy losses, and performance risks.
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- Design and support wind measurement campaigns and data collection strategies.
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- Conduct turbine suitability and site-specific technical evaluations.
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- Optimize wind farm layouts to maximize project performance and value.
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- Prepare technical reports for developers, investors, lenders, and project stakeholders.
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- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout project development and financing stages.
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- -Expected billable time around 70%;
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- -Expected travelling time around 10%;
- -- Represents UL at meetings of outside organizations; providing expert advice to influence industry approaches and elevate UL’s thought leadership in the market.
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- -Assist with any other duties as assigned within Renewables advisory activities.
Qualifications
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- At least 2 years of experience as a project engineer in renewable energy, ideally in energy yield assessments or any other wind or solar related technical field.
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- -Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences, Physics, or related field.
- -2+ years of experience in wind and/or solar resource assessment and energy yield analysis.
- -Proficiency with OpenWind, Windographer, WAsP, WindPRO, PVsyst, or equivalent tools.
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- -Experience processing met mast, LiDAR, and SoDAR datasets.
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- -Knowledge of long-term resource correction, uncertainty analysis, and bankable energy assessment methodologies.
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- -Experience performing wind flow modeling, wake analysis, and wind farm micrositing.
- Experience in solar energy assessments, PVsyst modeling, and solar resource assessment is welcome.
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- -Strong analytical, technical writing, and presentation skills.
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- -Ability to work independently while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
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- -Offshore wind experience and Python programming skills are considered a plus.
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- -English (adjust accordingly)
What you’ll experience working for ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we’re still leading the way. From day one, we’ve blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That’s where you come in — because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It’s a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today — and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you’ll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we’re also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
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Required Skills
- Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Collaboration Skills
- Communication Skills
- Data Analysis
- Engineering Analysis
- Engineering Disciplines
- Handling Multiple Tasks
- ISO/IEC 17025
- Laboratory Safety
- Lean Six Sigma
- Microsoft Office
- Planning Abilities
- Project Development
- Project Management
- Project Management Support
- Requirement Assurance
- Software Tools
- Standards Compliance
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Time Management
About Us
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
About the Team
When you combine the gravitas of a 130-year-old safety science leader with a culture of innovation that pushes the boundaries in new services and technology, you get UL Solutions. As a global team of business and engineering experts, we develop software for a huge range of industries, including medical, sustainability, renewable energy and healthy buildings. Together, we’re dedicated to making a real-world difference, to using our knowledge for good and to pioneering positive change. Join our team and use your expertise to transform global safety, security and sustainability.
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Job Info
Job Identification 11454
Job Category Engineering
Posting Date 11/11/2026, 11:56 AM
Degree Level Bachelor's Degree
Job Shift Day
Locations
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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