Manager, Renewable Engineering (Solar)
Posted Aug 27, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about engineers you've hired and onboarded. What made them succeed?
What they are checking: Whether they can build a team and get new people productive quickly.
Describe a time you disagreed with a developer about a technical choice.
What they are checking: Whether they can push back with data and still keep a good working relationship.
What would you do
How do you support origination in a customer meeting without overpromising on the design?
What they are checking: Whether they can explain technical options clearly while protecting the company from risky commitments.
Development wants an answer on a new site by Friday, but your team is full. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can set priorities honestly and give a reasonable answer without cutting key steps.
How do you keep engineering standards consistent across projects in many states?
What they are checking: Whether they can build repeatable processes while handling local differences.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd prepare engineering inputs for a utility-scale solar proposal.
What they are checking: Whether they understand layout, energy yield, cost and interconnection inputs that shape a winning proposal.
What makes one solar layout more valuable than another on the same site?
What they are checking: Whether they understand tradeoffs in DC/AC ratio, tracker choice, spacing and losses.
How do you review your team's energy yield estimates before they go to a customer?
What they are checking: Whether they have a clear review process for the numbers that drive project value.
What site factors have hurt a solar project's design late in development?
What they are checking: Whether they know how terrain, geotech, flood zones and setbacks can change a design late.
What new solar technology are you watching, and would you use it now?
What they are checking: Whether they keep current and judge new tech by bankability and risk, not hype.
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