Performance Engineer Intern (Fall)

• Location(s):
• Austin, TX, US, 78701

RWE Clean Energy, LLC

The Performance Engineer Intern , with guidance from the team, will collaborate closely with local O&M and Reliability Engineering teams in surfacing the issues that cause assets to underperform. The ultimate goal for the Intern Performance Engineer is to understand the performance of RWECE’s portfolio of assets and support projects that identify underperformance and offer a perspective on possible improvement opportunities.

The Performance Engineer Intern, will play a vital role as a member of the Performance Analytics team, is responsible for projects related to performance analytics, with the aim to identify asset underperformance and to support the development and management of internal asset performance analytics tools and their associated infrastructure. The tools on the platform address real-time and historical performance, providing underperformance alerts and summarizing relevant asset data for a variety of audiences, including upper management.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze operational performance data from wind, solar, and battery systems to identify and investigate underperformance
• Collaborate with Engineering and Operations teams to develop and implement remediation plans
• Assist in building models to estimate energy production, primarily using SQL and Python scripts
Learn about renewable energy systems and their performance

Qualifications:

• Candidate must be enrolled in an accredited Degree program in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Environmental Science or Data Analytics
• Programming experience in Python, SQL, R, Power Bi, Tableau
• Familiarity with renewable energy systems (Photovoltaics, Storage, Wind turbines) is considered a plus
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English language
• Ability to interact with a variety of professional groups
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and organizational skills

This is a full-time 12-week fall internship based in our Austin, Texas office, operating under a hybrid work model.

RWE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

For 125 years RWE has been the source of energy for millions of people across the globe. Now we’re making all that energy green. This decade alone we’re investing €50bn into renewables and will be carbon neutral by 2040 – ten years earlier than most other global targets. This is a chance to play a key role on our journey.

Join our renewables specialists, working across the clean energy spectrum to grow our operations to 50 GW by 2030 – with some of the world’s largest on and offshore wind farms and industry-leading hydrogen initiatives. We’re also considered innovators in solar development including floating photovoltaics and agri-photovoltaics. Or add your expertise to our supply and trading operations, brokering renewable electricity, green gas, commodities, and CO2 emission allowances from one of our advanced energy trading floors.

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Any questions? Contact in Recruiting: Sarah Russell, , Contact in the specialist department: Petros Paterakis,