Project Engineer Passive Solar Tracker Development
About this role
About SolarEquity
SolarEquity AB is a small Gothenburg-based clean-energy company developing innovative solutions to increase the value of solar electricity production. We work hands-on, in close partnership with industry, and combine deep technical engineering with practical business development. We are a small, focused team where each engineer takes broad ownership of their work.
About the project
Responsibilities
- You will be the day-to-day technical lead for the project, working directly with the CEO and with the project partner. The position is broad and combines mechanical engineering, energy-system engineering and data-driven evaluation. Specific responsibilities include:
- Refining the mechanical design of the tracker for production and installation (CAD, tolerances, material selection, supplier interface).
- Coordinating prototype manufacturing and on-site installation at the partner facility.
- Designing and operating the field measurement campaign: instrumentation, data acquisition, daily and seasonal performance evaluation.
- Producing the te
About SolarEquity AB
SolarEquity AB is a small Gothenburg-based clean-energy company developing innovative solutions to increase the value of solar electricity production. We work hands-on, in close partnership with industry, and combine deep technical engineering with practical business development. We are a small, focused team where each engineer takes broad ownership of their work. About the project We are now hiring a project engineer to lead the technical work on our flagship development project: a cost-effective and reliable passive solar tracker for solar parks and flat industrial roofs. The tracker activates directly from solar irradiation through thermal expansion in metal profiles that also serve as the load-bearing structure — eliminating motors, electronics and active control. The expected gain is 15–25 % higher electricity yield over fixed installations at near-zero added operating cost. The project is co-funded by the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten, project ref. P2025-02159) and runs through May 2027 in cooperation with Rabbalshede Kraft AB. The role spans the full development cycle from production-ready design through prototype manufacturing, field installation, performance measurement and life-cycle/cost evaluation, with the goal of advancing the technology from TRL 5 to TRL 7.