Solar Design Manager

Job Info

Title: Solar Design ManagerJob Status: Full-time, regularReports to: Senior Solar Design Manager - Paval Saman

Location: 3:2 hybrid schedule; 3 days in Boston office, 2 days remote (after initial 3-month in-office only training period)
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9-5 PM, w/1-hour for lunch; occasional evenings and weekends

Target Start Date: November 15, 2026

Job Summary

Ready to put your electrical design and engineering expertise to work on projects with impact? As a Solar Design Manager at Resonant Energy, you'll produce the technical designs that move solar projects from concept through construction across rooftop, ground-mounted, and canopy installations for non-profits and affordable housing developers.

What You'll Do: You'll own the end-to-end design process for your project portfolio, from site surveys through full construction drawing sets. Using AutoCAD, Scanifly, and Aurora, you'll develop PV layouts, single-line diagrams, and system specifications while ensuring compliance with NEC, building code, and fire code. You'll coordinate with third-party engineers, support utility interconnection, and provide technical guidance to Project Managers. On new construction projects, you'll work directly with architects and building engineers to integrate solar into building plans from the start.

What Makes This Role Exciting: Every design you produce directly enables a clean energy project serving communities that need it most. You'll work across a technically diverse project mix including new construction, canopy systems, and battery storage, building expertise across project types as Resonant grows its portfolio and expands into new markets.

You'll Thrive If You:

• Take satisfaction in producing technically precise, code-compliant work
• Are energized by design challenges that require creative problem-solving
• Want to keep building expertise across emerging solar technologies and project types
• Want meaningful work delivering clean energy to under-invested communities

Your Responsibilities

Solar System Design and Engineering

• Assess potential solar project sites to determine feasibility and design requirements; use site audit and design platform and tools (e.g., Scanifly drone system) to capture site images and gather data
• Use AutoCAD to draft comprehensive solar PV system engineering plan-sets, including photovoltaic layouts, single line diagrams (SLDs), and system specifications
• Determine specifications for panels, optimizers, inverters, racking, attachments, and balance of system components
• Collect accessible building structural information
• Utilize solar design and shading analysis software (e.g., Scanifly) to optimize system performance
• Coordinate with third party engineers and manufacturers for final design deliverables
• Ensure that all projects comply with applicable and upcoming AHJ codes, standards, and regulations
• Review post construction documents to ensure project was built within company and industry standards

Engineering and Pre-Construction Coordination

• Support Project Managers' coordination with project stakeholders and create a path for building future solar installation
• Incorporate feedback from clients' architects and building engineers to ensure designs meet clients' requirements
• Work on projects from preliminary layouts to full intended-for-construction plan-sets

Technical Support

• Provide technical support during the installation phase to ensure adherence to design specifications
• Update and maintain project documentation within the company's database, ensuring accuracy and accessibility of design records
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline design processes and workflow
• Monitor industry trends and updates in solar technology to continually improve design practices
• Support financial analysis of projects by providing design-related inputs and cost estimates

Interconnection and Regulatory Compliance Support

• Coordinate with stakeholders to collect necessary site data, technical information, and to ensure design compliance with local codes and regulations
• Ensure design meets all construction standards, National Electrical code, Building code, Fire code, and other safety standards
• Engage with key AHJs, including utility companies, building inspectors, and wiring inspectors, to understand interconnection and construction requirements and process interconnection agreements and building and electric permits

Your Qualifications

Alignment with our Principles

• Community: We support communities in leading their own clean energy transition and advocate for equitable solar policy.
• Equity: We build wealth in under-invested communities affected by the climate crisis and commit to anti-racist practices.
• Excellence: We do the right things, in the right way and prioritize social and environmental impact alongside economic goals in everything we do.
• Innovation: We implement creative solutions to expand solar access because the industry isn't moving fast enough.
• Integrity: We're trusted partners who communicate transparently and view profit as a means to expand our impact.
• Culture: We balance mission urgency with work-life balance, support, fun and investing in our team's growth.

Education, Experience & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable industry experience
• 2+ years of solar PV and/or BESS electrical design and engineering experience
• Working knowledge of NEC, building code, and fire code as applied to solar PV or battery energy storage systems
• Preferred:
  
  • NABCEP certificate
  • Familiarity with new construction solar integration
  • Drone pilot's license and operational experience with flying drones

Ability to Demonstrate our Standards of Excellence

• Ownership: You can trust us to deliver-we take initiative, keep others informed, and demonstrate personal responsibility for outcomes and quality of work.
• Collaboration: You can connect and work well with us-we address issues that hinder teamwork directly, navigate disagreements with care, and openly contribute our ideas while building awareness of our blind spots.
• Adaptability/Resilience: You can count on us when things don't go as planned-we stay composed, adapt quickly, and find solutions instead of getting stuck or overwhelmed.
• Operational Excellence: You can rely on our work to be holistic and thorough-we deliver accurate results, anticipate how our work affects others, and actively improve processes along the way.
• Growth: You can learn and grow with us-we approach challenges with curiosity, exchange feedback constructively, help identify development opportunities, and value effort and collaboration alongside results.

Core Role Competencies

• Attention to Detail: Produces solar PV designs, single line diagrams, and construction documents that are accurate, code-compliant, and free of errors; catches discrepancies in electrical diagrams, site data, and design specifications
• Industry and Application Knowledge: Maintains working knowledge of solar PV system design, electrical codes (NEC), and AHJ requirements across rooftop, ground-mount, and canopy project types
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Identifies and resolves design challenges-code conflicts, site constraints, interconnection requirements-with sound technical judgment
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Works effectively across design, project management, and outreach teams to ensure design decisions support broader project goals and timelines
• Planning and Results Orientation: Manages design workload across multiple concurrent projects with disciplined tracking and consistent on-schedule delivery
• Communication: Provides clear and timely technical information to internal teams, utility contacts, and engineering partners at the appropriate level of detail
• Dynamic Learning Mindset: Stays current on solar technology trends, code updates, and design software capabilities to continuously improve design quality and efficiency
• Analytical Thinking: Breaks down complex engineering projects and problems into their component parts to understand what is happening and why; understands assumptions and and draws well-reasoned conclusions

Computing, Software and Language Skills

• AutoCAD or equivalent design software
• Scanifly, Aurora, or comparable solar design software
• Salesforce
• Google Workspace proficiency
• MacOS / MacBook
• Native or fluent English

Working Environment & Conditions

Work Environment

• This role primarily works in a standard, temperature controlled office environment on the second floor of a building with an elevator
• Constant sitting or standing; standing desks are provided
• Constant computer use
• Frequent site visits to oversee work in inaccessible areas, such as roofs
• Occasional exposure to hazards
• Occasional exposure to adverse conditions

Travel

• Frequent site visits that require driving

Physical Demands

• Flying a drone
• Ascending/descending stairs and ladders

Compensation & Benefits Package

Compensation

• Total Compensation: $85,900 - $121,700
  • Base Salary: $85,900 - $111,700
  • Performance Bonus: Up to $10,000 annually

Comprehensive Health & Wellness

• Healthcare: 100% premium coverage for you and your children, 33% coverage for your spouse
• Dental: 100% premium coverage for you
• Vision: Affordable premium w/exam, glasses, and contacts allowances
• Mental Health Support: $100 monthly reimbursement for mental health services
• Health and Dependent Care FSA: Save money on pre-tax deductions for necessary expenses
• Retirement: 401k with automatic 3% employer contribution to help build your financial future

Generous Time Off

• Vacation: 13 days annually
• Sick Leave: 8 days annually
• Holidays: 13 annually
• Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks fully paid time to bond
• Community Impact: 8 hours for volunteering, GOTV, and protest
• Voting Leave: 3 hours off to do your civic duty
• Other time as necessary, e.g. Jury duty, bereavement, etc.

Growth & Development

• Professional Development Budget: $500/year
• Culture Building: Quarterly company-wide events for fun and giving back

Commuter & Lifestyle Benefits

• Commuter Support Options:
• Monthly T-pass
• Commuter Rail reimbursement
• Bike allowance for eco-friendly commuting
• Schedule Flexibility: Option for 8am-4pm schedule to fit your life
• Remote Work: 6 weeks of fully remote work flexibility annually
• Friday Hard Stop: End work at 4pm to socialize with your colleagues

Employee Participation Opportunity

Become a partner in our mission - Eligible after 3 years:

• Profit Sharing
• Unlimited PTO - trust-based time off
• Democratic Voice - voting to elect delegates to join founders in making key company decisions

Apply Today!

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If you need assistance in submitting your application to accommodate a disability, please contact Leah Blaxter, Director of People Operations at (508) 433-0117.

Total Compensation

$85,900-$121,700 USD

Base Salary

$85,900-$111,700 USD

Performance Bonus

$1-$10,000 USD