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Technical Solution Engineer – Inverter ProductsDivision: e-STORAGE
Reports To: Technical Solutions Manager – Inverter Technology
Location: Kitchener: Canada
Position Summary
The Technical Solution Engineer – Inverter Products supports the design, evaluation, and integration of utility‑scale energy storage systems (ESS) with a strong focus on Power Conversion Systems (PCS). This role requires a system‑level understanding of power electronics, safety, and multi‑product integration across inverters, EMS, batteries, and grid interfaces. The engineer contributes to internal product development, external vendor assessments, validation efforts, and coordination with global engineering teams to ensure technical consistency and alignment.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Due Diligence & Product Development Support
- Lead in‑depth technical due diligence for inverter products, evaluating performance, reliability, safety, and compliance.
- Support both internal product development and externally sourced product review processes.
- Review and validate technical specifications, certifications, vendor data, and control features.
- Develop internal tools for sizing, system modeling, and design validation.
- Participate in product roadmap discussions, providing engineering input on features, testing needs, integration and certification requirements.
- Support Independent Engineer (IE) reviews, preparing technical packages and addressing compliance questions.
- Maintain awareness of applicable UL, IEEE, IEC, and regional codes and ensure product documentation aligns with evolving standards.
Solution Development & Supply Chain Support
- Support selection of new inverter products by assessing compatibility with system architecture and solution platforms including review product drawings, models, test results, and sizing tools.
- Maintain documentation traceability, vendor evaluation records, and internal decision logs.
- Collaborate with procurement, product management, and R&D to align supplier capabilities with internal requirements and commercial timelines.
- Provide technical support for product onboarding, including knowledge transfer sessions to engineering, execution, and applications teams.
Cross‑Functional Engineering Support
- Provide engineering guidance for project‑specific requirements and customer‑driven customizations.
- Contribute to development of reference documents, templates, and standardized internal workflows.
- Work with global engineering teams to align on inverter feature updates, controls enhancements, and integration readiness.
- Perform additional duties as required to support engineering operations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in power converter, inverter development or ESS.
- Strong technical foundation in power electronics, inverter‑based resources and certification process.
- Knowledge of BESS applications and hands‑on experience with testing, validation, or system modeling.
- Familiarity with relevant certifications and standards such as UL 1741/SA, UL 9540, IEEE 1547, IEC 62109, IEC 61850.
- Experience working with global engineering or manufacturing teams across multiple time zones.
- Demonstrated ability to build internal tools, automate processes, or develop engineering workflows.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills. Mandarin proficiency is beneficial but not required.
Key Competencies
- Deep competency in inverter technologies and power electronics.
- Strong communication ability across internal teams and with customer engineering groups.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple technical streams.
- Experience in vendor evaluation, technical documentation review, and product qualification.
- Ability to collaborate across global time zones and adapt to dynamic project needs.
- Ability to travel up to 15% for vendor assessments, validation testing, and technical workshops.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in power converter or inverter development
- Strong technical foundation in power electronics
- Knowledge of Battery Energy Storage Systems applications
- Hands-on experience with testing or validation
- Experience working with global teams across multiple time zones
What We Do
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.
