Field Service Technician & Engineer Jobs in Energy: Demand, Pay & Skills
Part of Plutarch’s ongoing analysis of skill demand in energy hiring — last updated 5 October 2026, based on 341 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 341 unique open Field Service Technician & Engineer postings at energy employers. 18 postings disclosed annual pay, with a United States median of USD 81,000.
Field service and engineering roles for the energy sector are concentrated heavily in the United States, with smaller clusters across France, Italy, Australia and Germany. The large majority of titles give no seniority signal at all, with only a modest slice naming senior or lead responsibility and a somewhat larger group aimed at junior, intern or entry-level candidates. Solar photovoltaic field technician postings dominate the title list, often tiered by experience level, alongside a smaller set of battery storage and wireline-focused field engineer roles.
Open postings
Where
- United States · 140
- India · 20
- France · 15
- Italy · 13
- Canada · 10
- Other or not stated · 143
Seniority
- Early career · 17
- Level not stated in title · 277
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 47
Disclosed pay by country · annual
| Country | Lowest to highest employer midpoint | Median | Postings stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD 40,000–137,000 | USD 81,000 | 18 of 126 |
| Italy | EUR 28,000–51,000 | EUR 28,000 | 9 of 13 |
Directional, not conclusive. Each figure is the midpoint of a salary range an employer disclosed in a public job posting, derived from public market sources and rounded to the nearest thousand. Samples are small, so a country appears only when at least 5 open postings disclose annual pay. At these sample sizes, do not compare one role’s median against another’s — the difference between them is smaller than the error on either.
How many employers state pay
- United States · pay stated in 33 of 126 postings we could read
- India · pay stated in 0 of 19 postings we could read
- France · pay stated in 0 of 15 postings we could read
- Italy · pay stated in 12 of 13 postings we could read
- Canada · pay stated in 1 of 10 postings we could read
Counted from the same open postings as above, leaving out postings whose text we could not read for pay. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so a low rate is not evidence that employers here pay less.
Who is hiring
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| Vestas | 60 |
| Baker Hughes | 36 |
| Siemens Energy | 36 |
| Plug Power | 32 |
| NextEra Energy | 31 |
| Nordex | 22 |
| Worley | 21 |
| GE Vernova | 7 |
| TechnipFMC | 7 |
| Hatch | 5 |
| Bloom Energy | 4 |
| Duke Energy | 4 |
| Other employers | 76 |
How these roles are titled
The titles employers use for this role, most repeated first. Titles shown without a count appeared once.
- Field Service Engineer · 8 postings
- Service Technician · 6 postings
- Field Engineer · 4 postings
- Field Service Technician · 4 postings
- Field Service Technician II · 2 postings
- Senior Field Engineer · 2 postings
- Senior Field Service Engineer · 2 postings
- Solar Field Service Technician · 2 postings
- Solar Field Technician · 2 postings
- Aero Senior Field Service Engineer
- Associate PGD Field Engineer - East FL Region
- Associate PGD Field Engineer - FL Panhandle Region
- Associate Solar & Battery Field Engineer - East Florida Region
- Associate Solar & Battery Field Engineer - Florida Panhandle Region
- Associate Solar & Battery Field Engineer - North Florida Region
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 244 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| High or medium voltage | 54 of 244 | 12 |
| Battery storage | 26 of 244 | 6 |
A skill counts when the posting names it anywhere — requirements, role description or the employer’s own introduction. A skill is shown only when at least 3 postings from at least two employers name it. Postings whose full text we did not read are left out of these counts rather than counted as asking for nothing.
Certificates and licences named
Credentials named in the same 244 postings. A mention is what employers ask for; it does not mean a law requires it.
| Certificate or licence | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Driving licence | 71 of 244 | 8 |
Patterns in the job titles
- PV solar field technician experience
- Battery storage or BESS field service work
- Wireline field engineering
- Tiered technician levels (entry, intermediate, advanced)
What the postings suggest about filling this role
With so many postings lacking any stated seniority and a strong tilt toward entry-level and tiered technician roles, employers appear to be building broad technician pipelines rather than competing mainly for scarce senior talent. The repeated, near-identical solar technician postings across many sites suggest filling volume rather than unique specialization, which generally eases hiring difficulty compared with roles requiring niche senior expertise.
Read from employer demand only. These sources show what employers advertise, not how many people are available to hire, so this is a reading of the vacancies rather than a measure of scarcity.
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