Job Description
The Data Engineer position is focused on creating high quality technical content, such as white papers for client education, writing in-depth technical reports for the developments of the PV industry and assist in editing and improving the project reports and content that are delivered to CEA’s clients. The Engineer will support CEA’s internal teams and clients and will gain the insights necessary to help them make the right decisions. This means working closely with CEA’s field engineers to identify new developments in the PV manufacturing processes, with CEA’s marketing and sales team to educate and inform clients, and with CEA’s Business Intelligence team to develop and adopt the necessary tools to efficiently capture and report content and data.
Major Responsibilities
1. Continuously train in the broader renewable energy sector, keeping knowledge of the latest technical developments, read all relevant technical publications and specialized newsletters, attend technology conferences and webinars, with focus on areas such as PV module and cell technology roadmaps, degradation modes and testing methods, manufacturing methods and cost analysis, LCOE analysis, inverter and racking/tracker technology, PV plant performance, floating PV etc.
2. Collect, process, cleanse and organize technical market intelligence data from the PV sector, particularly from conferences, webinars, and publications, for business and internal applications.
3. Support the creation and presentation of technical content (white papers, online posts, presentations)
4. Support the creation and assist the reviewing of TQ’s technical reports by improving the formatting and language expression, as well as create content with good data visualization.
5. Support all CEA teams in the development of deliverable content based on an inhouse database from CEA’s historical records, coordinate with various operation team to collect data or customize internal/external deliverables with proper visualization.
6. Collect and study all necessary industry standards and technical trends for PV.
7. Perform any other special projects ordered by the Senior Director of the Technology and Quality Department.
Basic Qualifications/Requirements
1. Master’s Degree in the field of Science or Engineering
2. Native (or equivalent) English speaker with an excellent writing ability
3. High level of proficiency in Office applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
4. Some working experience, including internships in a manufacturing industry, consulting firm, or similar
5. Good communication ability and teamwork skills
Preferred Qualifications/Requirements
1. Coding skills (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, VBA, Python etc.)
2. Chinese speaker with at least simple communication ability
3. Familiarization with PV industry including the industry structure and manufacturing processes
4. Experience in Photovoltaics
5. Experience in a manufacturing industry
Skills Required
- Master’s degree in science or engineering
- Native or equivalent English speaker with excellent writing ability
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Some work experience, including internships, in manufacturing, consulting, or a similar industry
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Coding or data visualization skills using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, VBA, or Python
- Chinese language ability sufficient for simple communication
- Familiarity with the photovoltaic industry, including industry structure and manufacturing processes
- Experience in photovoltaics
- Experience in a manufacturing industry
What We Do
Clean Energy Associates (now Intertek CEA) is a clean-energy advisory and technical services firm serving the solar PV, green hydrogen, and battery-storage sectors. It supports project developers, independent power producers, EPCs, financial institutions, and operations/maintenance firms with supplier rankings and market intelligence, engineering and design, supply-chain management and traceability, quality control, testing, and ESG services. Its work helps clients reduce technical and financial risk and improve asset performance.
