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Position Title: Controls Engineer
Department: Controls Engineering
Compensation: $100,000 - $145,000 + annual bonus (paid in local currency; range varies by location)
Reports To: Sr. Deployment Engineering Manager
Location: Canada or United States
About the Role:
The Controls Engineer will play a key role in the deployment of utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across the Americas region. This role supports the full project life cycle—from contracting, design, and implementation through delivery, commissioning, and ongoing support.
The engineer will collaborate closely with internal teams including Procurement, Project Management, Project Engineering, Commissioning, and O&M. As the primary technical contact for controls implementation, this individual will work directly with equipment vendors, project developers, project owners, and other stakeholders such as utility or modelling teams.
Responsibilities:
Review project contracts and vendor agreements for controls-related requirements and alignment
Review and validate project design submittals, including electrical drawings, data flow diagrams, network designs, signal mappings (analog, Modbus, DNP3), electrical power models, and control narratives
Maintain and organize technical documentation in SharePoint; coordinate documentation flow with vendors and stakeholders
Develop batch scripts or automation tools to streamline data collection and operational tasks.
Maintain clear, consistent communication with all stakeholders—including customers, vendors, EPCs, and utilities
Troubleshoot network issues within VPN-secured environments
Respond to customer and operator requests regarding system modifications, troubleshooting, or enhancements
Support site commissioning activities for all control-related tasks
Required Qualifications and Skills:
Educational background in Controls Engineering, or a related discipline
At least 3 years' of experience working with control systems in an electrical generation environment (e.g., SCADA, plant control systems, or similar)
Demonstrated experience with industrial communication protocols (Modbus, DNP3, TCP/IP).
Strong understanding of networking, including IP/port mapping, network rules (switch/firewall), subnetting, and VPN structures
Experience working with Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) such as solar, energy storage systems, or alternative generation systems is an preferred
Exposure to SCADA systems, substations, protective relays, and transformers is preferred
Willingness and ability to travel up to 10–15% national and internationally to project sites and vendor facilities
e-STORAGE is Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
e-STORAGE uses AI-assisted tools during parts of the hiring process, including screening and workflow automation. All final hiring decisions are made by humans.
This is a current vacancy, and we are actively hiring for this position.
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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.
