Renewables & Storage 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 71 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 71 unique open Renewables & Storage Engineer postings at energy employers. 27 postings disclosed annual pay, with a United States median of USD 160,000.
Demand for renewables and storage engineers is concentrated in the United States, with a smaller but notable presence in India and Germany, and scattered postings elsewhere. The market skews heavily toward senior and lead-level hiring, with very few openings aimed at early-career candidates. Battery energy storage systems and solar engineering dominate the title mix, alongside a smaller set of wind turbine and offshore wind roles.
Open postings
Where
- United States · 39
- India · 7
- Germany · 6
- United Kingdom · 5
- France · 2
- Other or not stated · 12
Seniority
- Early career · 2
- Level not stated in title · 33
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 35
- Leadership · 1
Disclosed pay by country · annual
| Country | Lowest to highest employer midpoint | Median | Postings stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD 83,000–235,000 | USD 160,000 | 27 of 33 |
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 28 of 33 postings we could read
- India · pay stated in 0 of 5 postings we could read
- Germany · pay stated in 0 of 6 postings we could read
- United Kingdom · pay stated in 0 of 5 postings we could read
- France · pay stated in 0 of 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Redwood Materials | 6 |
| RWE | 5 |
| Sila Nanotechnologies | 5 |
| Nordex | 4 |
| Fluence | 3 |
| Form Energy | 3 |
| NextEra Energy | 3 |
| SOLV Energy | 3 |
| Enel | 2 |
| Enphase | 2 |
| Good Energy | 2 |
| Nexamp | 2 |
| Other employers | 31 |
How these roles are titled
The titles employers use for this role, most repeated first. Titles shown without a count appeared once.
- Energy Storage Project Engineer · 2 postings
- Senior BESS Engineer · 2 postings
- (Senior) BESS Engineer - Americas
- Battery Diagnostic Lead Engineer
- Battery Engineer I/II
- Battery Materials Customer & Application Development Engineer
- Battery Modeling Engineer II
- Battery Software Integration Engineer, Energy Storage
- Beca Project Engineering de Solar y Almacenamiento Iberia
- BESS Development Engineer, Senior or Staff
- BESS Electrical Development Engineer, Senior or Staff
- BESS Engineer III (Remote)
- BESS Project Engineer, Senior or Staff
- BESS Senior Engineer
- BESS Solutions Engineer
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 48 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Battery storage | 21 of 48 | 12 |
| Power systems / grid | 13 of 48 | 10 |
| SCADA | 8 of 48 | 7 |
| Python | 7 of 48 | 6 |
| High or medium voltage | 7 of 48 | 4 |
| Root-cause analysis | 6 of 48 | 6 |
| Power system studies (ETAP, PSCAD) | 6 of 48 | 4 |
| Excel | 5 of 48 | 5 |
| Statistics | 5 of 48 | 4 |
| AutoCAD / MicroStation | 5 of 48 | 3 |
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 48 postings. A mention is what employers ask for; it does not mean a law requires it.
| Certificate or licence | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Engineer licence (PE / P.Eng) | 7 of 48 | 5 |
Patterns in the job titles
- Battery energy storage systems (BESS) engineering
- Solar project and PV engineering
- Senior or staff-level battery engineering
- Wind turbine and wind farm engineering
- Energy storage systems development
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What the postings suggest about filling this role
The heavy tilt toward senior, lead, principal and staff titles will likely make sourcing harder, since experienced candidates are in shorter supply and more selective. The near absence of junior-level openings limits the ability to backfill through entry-level pipelines, while the concentration of postings in battery storage and solar suggests overlapping competition for similarly skilled engineers across employers.
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