Renewable Energy Engineer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Renewable Energy Engineer develops engineering and systems for energy produced from renewable sources such as solar energy, wind energy and hydropower.

Job Outlook

There were 37 Renewable Energy Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 875 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Energy Engineer industry, which includes the Renewable Energy Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Renewable Energy Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $123,377.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $123,377.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Renewable Energy Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $112,606.

Education and Experience

Posted Renewable Energy Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	70.06%
Master's Degree	35.31%
Doctoral Degree	4.69%
Other	2.97%

Posted Renewable Energy Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	18.61%
3 to 5 years	39.94%
6 to 8 years	23.3%
9+ years	18.15%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Renewable Energy Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Communication (35.31%)
Operations (25.6%)
Coordinating (25.37%)
Presentations (24.8%)
Management (21.6%)
Leadership (20.46%)
Problem Solving (20.23%)
Planning (18.51%)
Interpersonal Communications (18.29%)
Writing (18.06%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Electrical Engineering (40.67%)
Procurement (21.4%)
Renewable Energy (56.48%)
Construction (21.64%)
Project Management (43.04%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

AutoCAD Civil 3D (11.06%)
PVsyst (9.99%)
Renewable Energy Systems (9.39%)
Project Proposals (8.92%)
Project Engineering (13.32%)
Electrical Power Transmission And Distribution (10.58%)
Data Analysis (6.54%)
Project Implementation (13.56%)
Computer-Aided Design (8.2%)
Computing Platforms (6.78%)
Relays (7.85%)
ETAP (15.1%)
Feasibility Studies (8.56%)
Engineering Analysis (3.33%)
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) (16.53%)
Electrical Systems (10.7%)
Automation (4.52%)
AutoCAD (15.93%)
Modbus (7.25%)
Auditing (8.44%)
Civil Engineering (13.08%)
Control Systems (12.96%)
Business Development (20.1%)
Electric Power Systems (19.02%)
Construction Engineering (7.13%)
Construction Management (9.75%)
Stormwater Management (8.09%)
Due Diligence (7.73%)
Short Circuits (11.89%)
Systems Design (5.47%)
Transmission (7.85%)
Engineering Design Process (24.85%)
Grading (Landscape) (9.04%)
Python (Programming Language) (9.87%)
Load Flow Analysis (9.99%)
Mechanical Engineering (6.9%)
National Electrical Safety Code (8.09%)
Real-Time Operating Systems (6.3%)
Electrical Substation (8.92%)
Commissioning (12.96%)
Power System Simulator For Engineering (7.61%)
Subcontracting (8.8%)
Visual Basic For Applications (6.42%)
Human Machine Interfaces (7.02%)
Industry Standards (11.06%)
Programming Languages (7.25%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

SEL RTAC (6.3%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Renewable Energy Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Power Systems Engineer
SCADA Engineer
Renewable Energy Consultant
Site Operator
Renewable Energy Intern
Renewable Energy Manager
Engineer
Field Engineer
Renewable Energy Development Manager

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Renewable Energy Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Black & Veatch (51)
Jacobs Solutions (49)
Sargent & Lundy (25)
Jobot (24)
Tetra Tech (21)
Goldstone Partners (20)
Timmons Group (18)
Ramboll (17)
Barr Engineering Co. (16)
WSP Global (16)

North Carolina

Delta Oaks Group (6)
Southern Company (5)
Black & Veatch (4)
Ramboll (4)
Jobot (4)
HDR (2)
Goldstone Partners (2)
Job Juncture (2)
Storlytics Energy Storage (1)
Powersecure (1)

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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