Technical Manager
About the job
- At least 5 years of experience as a SCADA Engineer.
- Knowledge of digital and analog signals and wiring.
- Knowledge of the principles of operation of renewable energy sites, including solar, wind, storage, or hybrid sites.
- Experience with industrial protocols such as MODBUS, DNP3, and OPC.
- Experience with programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
- Ability to execute commands using the command line.
- Basic knowledge of local networks.
- Experience with SCADA applications.
- Experience with the Linux operating system, including terminal and shell use.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A Master of Science or Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Automation Engineering.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
- Create design documentation and drawings for SCADA systems on photovoltaic plants.
- Provide technical assistance to customers, including engineering, procurement, and construction companies and installers, to ensure proper installation of SCADA systems.
- Support the sales team with technical advice and recommendations.
- Configure SCADA systems, including programmable logic controllers and remote input/output.
- Analyze new requirements and escalate them to internal teams for implementation.
- Organize and execute plant commissioning tasks and generate the associated commissioning documents.
- Travel to project sites as needed to perform field commissioning.
- Assist customers with testing, troubleshooting, and resolving hardware and device application problems.
- Develop a quality assurance and quality control plan and documentation for plant commissioning.
- Train users on new product hardware, settings and configuration changes, and technical support.
- Develop and maintain test procedures for SCADA systems prior to shipping.
- Develop processes for handoff of projects between Engineering and Support.
- Experience in the renewable energy sector.
About the company
Power Factors offers a cloud-based SaaS platform for renewable energy asset owners, operators, and developers. Its Unity suite unifies monitoring, analytics, field service management, and commercial asset management to centralize data from multiple sources for large wind, solar, and storage portfolios. By integrating acquisitions like Greenbyte and Inaccess, the platform provides a single view that automates workflows, uses AI-based predictive analytics, and supports SCADA-based and market analytics to optimize performance and revenue. The goal is to help clients maximize both financial returns and physical asset performance while expanding global adoption and efficiency.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Larkspur, California
Founded
2012
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Mubadala invested May 6, 2026, signaling fresh capital and global expansion support.
- Guidehouse ranked Power Factors number one in EMS and Monitoring and Control, January 2026.
- REMI already runs across 30 GW, creating a fast-scaling cross-sell engine.
What critics are saying
- REMI must prove ROI beyond pilots before 2026 expansion across Unity products.
- Power Factors still depends on Vista control, with Mubadala holding only a minority stake.
- Siemens Gamesa, Wärtsilä, and other EMS vendors attack its monitoring and control moat.
What makes Power Factors unique
- Unity REMI embeds agentic optimization across 310 GW of renewable assets, April 2026.
- Power Factors serves 600 customers in 70 countries, spanning wind, solar, storage.
- Vista and Mubadala back a platform integrating SCADA, APM, and commercial asset management.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Company Equity