Job Description:
Senior Project Engineer – TrueCapture
Position Summary
The Senior Project Engineer – TrueCapture leads implementation projects and commissioning activities for Nextracker products across Latin America, ensuring compliance with technical specifications, safety standards, and customer requirements. As the primary technical contact for customers throughout the project and product lifecycle, this professional applies independent judgment to resolve complex, multidisciplinary challenges and deliver consistent, reliable, high-quality solutions. The role also connects multiple engineering disciplines, contributes to technical policies and practices, and supports the development of colleagues as an internal reference on complex topics.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the technical execution of TrueCapture projects across multiple regions, ensuring timelines, quality standards, and contractual requirements are met.
- Coordinate field commissioning activities, ensuring compliance with technical specifications, safety standards, and engineering best practices.
- Guide internal and external teams on installation, calibration, and validation practices, serving as a technical reference.
- Analyze complex technical data and project variables to identify risks and recommend effective, sustainable solutions.
- Lead technical discussions with customers and partners, providing expert support, evaluating project benefits, and addressing performance topics.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, commissioning reports, and compliance records.
- Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Product, and Operations to improve commissioning processes, system performance, and technical standards.
- Support risk management, equipment control, and global standardization by applying and sharing best practices.
Skills and Knowledge
- Broad technical knowledge across electrical, mechanical, and mechatronic engineering, applied to solar tracking and intelligent control systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment and the ability to work autonomously in complex project conditions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical solutions to customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
- Technical leadership and mentoring skills, with a continuous improvement mindset focused on innovation and business results.
- Nice to have: Knowledge of Python, C, C++, or other programming language.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechatronic, or Industrial Engineering.
- At least 8 years of experience in commissioning, implementation, or maintenance of industrial systems, preferably in renewable energy.
- Proven experience leading technical coordination of field activities in energized environments.
- Experience managing technical interfaces across multiple disciplines and teams.
- Advanced English and intermediate Spanish.
- Willingness to travel frequently.
At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we’re building the foundation for the world’s next generation of clean energy infrastructure.
**We are Nextpower**