Intersect Power
Enabling new pathways between clean electricity and the broader economy
Wind Resource Assessment Engineer
Location
California + 3 moreAll locations: California, Colorado, New York, Texas
Posted
88 days ago
Salary
$185K - $195K / year
Bachelor Degree4 yrs expEnglishCloudPythonRemote Sensing
Job Description
• Perform site-level and long-term wind resource assessments, including 8760 development, wind flow modeling, uncertainty analysis, and long-term reference station selection.
• Stay current on industry best practices for wind measurements, modeling methodologies, and instrumentation.
• Evaluate wind turbine technologies and support turbine selection based on site conditions and project objectives.
• Design, optimize, and microsite turbine layouts in collaboration with civil, electrical, EPC, and construction teams, balancing performance, environmental, and constructability constraints.
• Plan and execute meteorological tower and remote sensing campaigns, including siting strategy and installation coordination.
• Prepare site condition inputs and interface with turbine supplier engineering teams, including power curve testing coordination.
• Support permitting, financing, and due diligence by providing wind resource, layout, shadow flicker, noise, avian, and turbine evaluation inputs.
• Assess capital expenditure sensitivity related to turbine layout, spacing, and design changes.
• Review balance-of-plant designs with a focus on wind turbine generator optimization and overall project efficiency.
• Maintain technical ownership of wind resource and layout deliverables, coordinating internal teams and external consultants as appropriate.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Meteorology, or a closely related field.
- 4+ years of experience performing wind resource assessments and turbine layout design across development through construction phases.
- Ability to manage wind assessments and layouts while mitigating financial and technical risk through close coordination with civil and electrical subject matter experts.
- Proficiency with wind resource assessment and wind flow modeling software, including data analysis, MCP, and uncertainty evaluation.
- Working knowledge of GIS tools for extracting, analyzing, and interpreting project data.
- Comfort working with Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace, along with cloud-based document management tools.
- Programming experience (e.g., Python or R) is a plus but not required.
- A collaborative, adaptable work style with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Benefits
- 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision
- Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year)
- Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning support via Carrot and Maven
- Free access to Spring Health which includes 5 free Therapy & psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+
- 3% non-elective employer contribution to your 401k or RRSP
- $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone/ internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup and free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly paid company credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical
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