WE ARE LOOKING FOr Floating solar engineer

To join our R&D department in Houston, USA, we are looking for a Floating solar engineer, based in Paris. Ideally, the position would start on 18/10/2024.

Your main role as Floating solar engineer at Ciel & Terre

As a Floating solar engineer based in our local office in Houston, USA, you will be part of Ciel et Terre USA, a system designer and an equipment manufacturer. Our common goal is to design the Hydrelio floating solar racking systems and sell the materials to our developer or EPC contractor customers.

Your missions as Floating solar engineer

The Floating Solar Specialist will oversee the preparation of, and sometimes prepare, preliminary and final designs using Helioscope and AutoCAD; coordinate with the Supply Chain Manager on the on-time delivery of our materials to the construction site; and travel to train our customers onsite on the installation of our systems.

Your main responsabilities are:

• At the request of the project manager, ensure that the preliminary design meets the customer’s expectations before
  the anchoring contract signature.
• Ensure that the preliminary anchoring design complies with company rules.
• Deliver anchoring deliverables accurately and on time as requested by the project manager.
• Manage communication and synergy throughout the project with the project manager.

Your daily tasks as Floating solar engineer:

• Consolidate and/or adjust floating solar island design according to customer expectations prior to anchoring contract
  signature.
• Edit final checklists and technical documents (hazard report, wind load calculation, etc.) required for the anchoring
  contract.
• Carry out preliminary (so called static) anchoring design (CAD layout, calculations, etc.) as soon as the contract is signed.
• Edit the anchoring package (structural drawings, report, appendices, etc.).
• Provide all documents (such as 3D renderings, CAD details, etc.) required for technical support.
• Assist the team in designing a new cable management system for the Hydrelio product.

Your profile

Your technical skills and expertise

As Floating solar engineer, you are an expert on Helioscope and AutoCAD.

• Fluent in English. Spanish speaking or French speaking a plus.
• Microsoft Office, SharePoint, AutoCAD (or equivalent 2D CAD software), Solidworks, HelioScope, PVsyst

Your academic & professional background

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Previous working experience in the solar industry

Your human qualities skills are

At Ciel & Terre we are looking for personalities who share our values of being enterprising, responsible, attentive and authentic.
So, as our futur Floating solar engineer you are:


• Excellent teamwork but able to work in autonomy and not afraid to take initiative
• Excellent management, prioritization skills and high attention to details
• Self-starter who can work independently
• Comfortable and effective with customer communications
• Strong business orientation and experience supporting sales and marketing efforts
• Analytical, adaptable, open-minded
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Willingness and ability to travel across Americas
• Excellent problem-solving skills

The benefits of being Floating solar engineer at Ciel & Terre

Ciel & Terre carries strong innovative and human spirit since the very start in 2006. We believe that every recruitment starts a human adventure in which we build tomorrow together. We are convinced that individual initiative and career development are the key to successfully building your career and the company.

Here are the benefits we offer you:

• Respect for work/life balance,
• Remote workdays : 1 or 2 days a week,
• Encourage soft travels with bike loan service,
• Lunch vouchers worth €10 for each working day.
• Family health insurance cover up to 75% by Ciel & Terre depending on the region,
• Participation in Team Building activities,.
• Customized onboarding,
• Regard to training needs.

For the position of Floating solar engineer, you will work at Houston, USA.