About the job Data Analyst
Do you want to change the world? We do, too.
Solar penetration is less than 1%, but just one hour of sunlight, if
harnessed, could power the entire world for a year. We have the
opportunity to change the way energy is produced, distributed and
consumed, and we’re looking for talented, committed people to help us
drive our growth and achieve our goals.
SunPower is a solar
energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best
solar technologies in the world. Our solutions are unrivaled in terms of
long-term reliability, efficiency, and performance. SunPower offers the
only solar + storage solution designed and warranted by one company
that gives customers control over electricity consumption. Through
design, installation, maintenance, and monitoring, SunPower provides its
world-class solar solutions to residential and commercial customers
across the U.S.
SunPower is changing the way our world is
powered every day with a brilliant, passionate, and driven team of more
than 2,500 in North America and the Philippines. In an industry that is
reshaping the world’s energy future, there’s no better place to be than
SunPower.
We believe that our employees create our brand – with
each project, each communication, each task completed and each
interaction. SunPower welcomes the forward thinkers, the future savers
of the world, the freedom chasers and all those demanding better,
cleaner energy.
Summary of the Role:
SunPower is looking for a Data Analyst to join its Energy Analytics team and assist with dashboarding, tracking key metrics, and ad hoc analytical projects. This role will report to the Energy Analytics Data Scientist. The ideal candidate will be very comfortable in SQL with a desire to further their technical and analytical skills, as there will be substantial opportunity to learn and grow professionally in this role.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Build dashboards to track energy production performance and potential reporting anomalies
- Develop standardized queries to aid future investigations
- Conduct ad hoc analysis as requested and present key findings
- Work with our data scientists as they explore solar energy production compared to typical weather, actual weather, and modeled panel performance
Related Experience and Education Requirements
- 1-5 years of professional experience using SQL
- Experience working with real-world inconsistent or incomplete datasets
- Experience calculating and tracking metrics or KPIs
- Natural curiosity to explore complex datasets and connect them to how the business is managed
- Experience investigating data anomalies and summarizing key learnings and recommended follow-ups
- Experience building data visualizations and dashboards
Optional Qualifications
- Proficiency with Python or a similar language is a plus but not required
- Experience building monitoring systems or dashboards is a plus but not required
- Desire to learn data science topics such as machine learning, anomaly detection, classification, or regression is a plus but not required
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Company is an equal
employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions,
including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion,
training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment
decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to
the job under consideration. The Company’s policy prohibits unlawful
discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth,
breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the
individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color,
religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming
practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship,
marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental
disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or
military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal,
state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. The Company is
committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal
employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons
involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful
discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and
co-workers.