Solar energy specialist jobs
Solar energy specialist: a person in this job designs, builds or makes solar panels and solar power plants. SpaceX, K2 Space, Starpath.space, SMA America and Invenergy have the most open roles with “Solar energy specialist” or a close variant in the title right now.
107 open roles · 7 posted in the last 7 days · 4% remote · 17 companies hiring · $158K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages
| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| under $75K | 0 |
| $75K to $100K | 1 |
| $100K to $125K | 7 |
| $125K to $150K | 12 |
| $150K to $175K | 10 |
| $175K to $200K | 10 |
| $200K to $250K | 6 |
| $250K to $300K | 0 |
| $300K and more | 0 |
Skills asked for in solar energy specialist roles
Bars show the share of these 107 roles; one role can count in several rows.
Newest solar energy specialist jobs
- Solar Asset Performance Engineer I, Operations EngineeringInvenergy · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL$80K - $95KPythonDatabricksMATLAB
- Manager, Renewable Procurement (BESS, Solar & Wind)Invenergy · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL$124K - $155KDriver's licenseContract negotiationProcurement
- Solar TechnicianInvenergy · 🇺🇸Iola, TX · +3 more locations—Driver's licenseHydraulicsNational Electrical Code
- Sourcing Specialist, Solar (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—ERPProcurementInventory management
- Director, Global PV ManagementAcadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey, United States; San Diego, Californ…$195K - $243KLead and above
- Equipment Engineer, Solar Cell Metallization (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Preventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Wet Etch Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Preventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Equipment Engineer, Wet Process (Solar Cells)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Preventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Manufacturing Automation Engineer, Solar (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$100K - $135KPythonSQLC#
- Solar Cell Process Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX_Global · 🇩🇪Frankfurt, Germany—Test equipment
- Solar Cell Equipment Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX_Global · 🇩🇪Frankfurt, Germany—SAPSAP S/4HANAControl systems
- Manager, Solar EngineeringK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$150K - $250KMechatronicsCADGD&T
- Staff Global Supply Manager - Solar, Energy StorageRedwood Materials · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$162K - $215KLead and above
- Solar Field Service TechnicianPalmetto Clean Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States—Driver's licenseStorage systemsMechanical assembly
- Solar TechnicianCowboyspace · 🇺🇸Kent, Washington—Test planningPower AutomateTest equipment
- Senior Solar Equipment EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$150K - $220KSeniorPythonMATLABMechatronics
- Solar Equipment EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$110K - $160KPythonMATLABMechatronics
- Gas & Chemical Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink) - Day ShiftSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—AWSLean manufacturingPreventive maintenance
- Facilities Maintenance Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink) - Day ShiftSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—AWSForkliftBlueprint reading
- HVAC Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink) - Day ShiftSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—AWSControl systemsBlueprint reading
- Sr. Process Controls Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorNetwork engineeringControl systemsTest equipment
- Sr. Automation & Controls Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorNetwork engineeringTest equipmentHardware interfaces
- Automation & Controls Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Network engineeringTest equipmentHardware interfaces
- Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Solar Cell FactorySpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorLoad testingMechatronicsCAD
- Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorPythonMATLABCAD
- Sr. Fluid Systems Engineer, Solar Cell FactorySpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorSix Sigma certificationRegulatory complianceControl systems
- PVD Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Control systemsMechatronicsPreventive maintenance
- Manufacturing Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PythonMATLABCAD
- CVD Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Control systemsMechatronicsPreventive maintenance
- Sr. CVD Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorControl systemsMechatronicsPreventive maintenance
- Technical Support Specialist, Solar PV and Storage, Tier 2SMA America · 🇺🇸Rocklin, CA—EnglishGermanPowerPoint
- Tooling Design Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Load testingMechatronicsCAD
- Sr. Device Physics Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorPythonSQLR
- Facilities Specialist, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PMPHVACConstruction management
- Senior Solar Production TechnicianK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA—SeniorMechanical assemblySolderingWelding
- Electrician, Solar Cells (Starlink) - Day ShiftSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—AWSElectrical troubleshootingOSHA
- Starlink Development Lead, Solar Ingot & WaferSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Lead and aboveCADCNC machiningQuality management systems
- Water Treatment Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PowerPointMicrosoft WordOutlook
- PECVD Process Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PythonSQLR
- Lead Production Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Lead and aboveAWSTest equipmentLean manufacturing
- Territory Sales Manager, Solar and Storage, SouthwestSMA America · 🇺🇸Phoenix, Los Angeles or San Diego (Remote, must reside in…$95K - $110KRemoteDriver's licenseEnglishSpanish
- Territory Sales Manager, Solar and Storage, MidwestSMA America · 🇺🇸Midwest, US (Remote, must reside in territory)$95K - $110KRemoteDriver's licenseEnglishSpanish
- Spacecraft Solar TechnicianApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$34 - $46 an hourSalesforce administrationStakingMechatronics
- Solar Array Manufacturing Development EngineerApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$120K - $195KSalesforce administrationMechatronicsSoldering
- Lead Project Engineer – Solar & BESSHeirloomcarbon · 🇺🇸Brisbane, CA$166K - $203KHybridLead and above
- Senior Mechanical Engineer - Thermophotovoltaic Hardware & ManufacturingAntora Energy · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$115K - $210KSenior
- Global Supply Manager, SolarK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$100K - $140KProcurementForkliftISO 9001
- Solar Site Superintendent - Mechanical ForemanCharge Robotics · Field$120K - $150K
- Solar Array Test EngineerVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$112K - $230KPythonMATLABTest planning
- Solar PV Project Engineer, Senior or StaffRedwood Materials · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$160K - $252KLead and above
- Field Service Technician, Utility Solar Inverters, Dallas TXSMA America · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX (Field-based, must reside in territory)—FirmwareStorage systemsInventory management
- Field Service Technician, Utility Solar Inverters, Odessa TXSMA America · 🇺🇸Odessa and Midland, TX, Permian Basin, Field based—FirmwareInventory managementElectrical troubleshooting
- Field Service Technician, Utility Solar Inverters, Minneapolis MNSMA America · 🇺🇸Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN, Twin Cities metro, Field…—FirmwareStorage systemsInventory management
- Mechanical Engineer | Solar Array Deployable StructuresCowboyspace · 🇺🇸Kent, Washington$100K - $300KPower AutomateHigh-performance computingRF engineering
- Avionics Manufacturing Engineer, Solar ArrayVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$120K - $245KPRDsTest equipmentCAD
- Materials R&D Technician, Solar Cell CharacterizationSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Test equipmentInventory managementLean manufacturing
- Materials Engineer, Solar Cell CharacterizationSpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PythonMATLABPRDs
- Chief Cell Technologist, PV SystemsFluidstack · 🇺🇸New York, NY$208K - $263KLead and above
- Mechanical Engineer - Satellite Solar Array (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$100K - $135KMechatronicsCADAviation
- Senior Photovoltaics / Solar Array Engineer - Solar & DeployablesMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$173K - $193KSeniorPythonMATLABTest planning
- Sr. Wet Process Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorPreventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Chemical / Materials Engineer – Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonMATLAB
- Instrumentation & Controls Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PowerPointMicrosoft WordControl systems
- Manufacturing Engineer, Solar (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$100K - $135KERPMechatronicsMechanical assembly
- Supervisor, Facilities Maintenance, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—AWSRegulatory complianceSix Sigma
- Process Controls Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Network engineeringControl systemsTest equipment
- Mechanical Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Load testingMechatronicsCAD
- Fluid Systems Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Six Sigma certificationRegulatory complianceControl systems
- Staff Mechanical Engineer - Solar Mechanisms & DeployablesMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$190K - $216KLead and aboveExport controlsMechatronicsCAD
- Sr. Chemical Texturing Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Austin, TX—SeniorPreventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Sr. Screen Printing Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorPreventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Screen Printing Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Preventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Chemical Texturing Equipment Engineer, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Preventive maintenanceSPCHydraulics
- Electrical Engineer - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$90K - $180KPRDsPCB designAnalog design
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$145K - $180KSeniorSQLFMEAWelding
- Quality Inspector, Solar Cells (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—AWSLean manufacturingSPC
- Equipment Engineering Manager - Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PRDsLinkedIn RecruiterPreventive maintenance
- Senior OT Network and Cybersecurity Engineer, Solar and StorageSMA America · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$138K - $158KRemoteSeniorEnglishSpanishNetwork engineering
- Automation & Controls Specialist, Solar Cell Manufacturing (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—PowerPointMicrosoft WordControl systems
- Manager, Machine Maintenance - Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Lean manufacturingSix SigmaPreventive maintenance
- Solar Project ManagerFluidstack · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$155K - $200K
- Solar Construction ManagerFluidstack · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$155K - $200K
- Test Engineer (Solar Chemistry) - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonMATLABLabVIEW
- Test Engineer - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$110K - $150KPythonMATLABHardware testing
- Manufacturing Engineer - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$100K - $160KSQLMechanical assembly
- Polymer Chemist - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $200K
- Thin-Film PV Materials Scientist - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $200K
- Mechanical Engineer (Rotary Actuators) - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$100K - $160KMechatronicsRF engineeringCAD
- Mechanical Engineer (Structures) - Space SolarStarpath.space · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$100K - $160KMechatronicsCADAviation
- Senior Applications Engineer, Utility Scale Solar and StorageSMA America · Remote (Eastern or Central time zones)$125K - $145KRemoteSeniorEnglishPowerPointMicrosoft Word
- Sr. Water Treatment Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—SeniorMechatronicsCADMechanical assembly
- Water Treatment Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—MechatronicsCADMechanical assembly
- Principal Water Treatment Engineer, Solar Cell FactorySpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—Lead and aboveMechatronicsPCB designCAD
- Senior Solar Process EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$140K - $175KSeniorPythonMATLABAviation
- Principal Solar Process EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$175K - $200KLead and abovePythonMATLABAviation
- Principal Solar Design EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$175K - $200KLead and aboveAviation
- Facilities Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Bastrop, TX—ForkliftPreventive maintenanceConstruction management
- Principal Solar Manufacturing EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$175K - $200KLead and aboveMechatronics
- Senior Solar Manufacturing EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$140K - $175KSeniorMechatronicsCADMechanical assembly
- Solar Design EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$100K - $140KPythonMATLABMechatronics
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Who is hiring for solar energy specialist roles
Where solar energy specialist roles are
- 🇺🇸United States103
- 🇺🇸Texas53
- 🇺🇸California38
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA27
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area6
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA3
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX3
- 🇪🇺Europe2
- 🇩🇪Germany2
- 🇺🇸San Diego, CA2
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Solar energy specialist salaryQuestions about solar energy specialist jobs
- What is a solar energy specialist job?
- In a solar energy specialist job, a person designs, builds or makes solar panels and solar power plants. 107 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
- How many solar energy specialist jobs are open right now?
- There are 107 open solar energy specialist jobs at 17 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 7 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most solar energy specialist jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (48), K2 Space (13), Starpath.space (10), SMA America (8) and Invenergy (6). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote solar energy specialist jobs?
- 4 of the 107 open solar energy specialist jobs (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do solar energy specialist jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $158K, based on 46 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $130K and $184K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get a solar energy specialist job?
- 0 of the 107 open solar energy specialist jobs (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 84 postings that state experience, the median asks for 2 years. 17 companies are hiring and 7 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing solar energy specialist jobs?
- 0 of the 107 open solar energy specialist jobs (0%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills. Employers still list 107 such roles today at 17 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do solar energy specialist jobs ask for?
- Most often Hydraulics (26%), Preventive maintenance (26%), SPC (26%), Root cause analysis (25%), Mechatronics (22%) of the 107 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in solar energy specialist jobs?
- Solar Technician (5), Mechanical Engineer (5), Manager (3), Manufacturing Engineer (3), Field Service Technician (3): the most common titles among the 107 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are solar energy specialist jobs in demand in 2026?
- 107 solar energy specialist jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 17 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 7 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $158K. 4 (4%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for solar energy specialist jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.


