Solar Technical Expert (Contractor) - #446422
Thread
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Calgary, AB
Contract type: Contractor
Remote

This is a remote contract position.
About Us
Thread is a growing team of software and machine learning engineers, robotics specialists, aviation experts, and business professionals building the software that industries are adopting for integrating robotics workflows into enterprise systems. We use robotics, advanced computer vision techniques, neural networks, and emerging technologies to autonomously capture, package, transport, integrate and deliver data to customers to improve their infrastructure, operations, and management.
About The Position
Thread is looking for an expert to provide specialized expertise on solar asset inspections, damage assessment, and review workflows. This contractor will serve as our internal domain expert to provide critical insights on the design of an automated inspection product for solar.
Responsibilities
As a part of the Thread Team, your time will be spent working both independently and as a group to complete critical projects and develop solutions to advance the goals of the company and its customers.
Work hours are flexible and regulated by the projects required by your team and team supervisor.
About Us
Thread is a growing team of software and machine learning engineers, robotics specialists, aviation experts, and business professionals building the software that industries are adopting for integrating robotics workflows into enterprise systems. We use robotics, advanced computer vision techniques, neural networks, and emerging technologies to autonomously capture, package, transport, integrate and deliver data to customers to improve their infrastructure, operations, and management.
About The Position
Thread is looking for an expert to provide specialized expertise on solar asset inspections, damage assessment, and review workflows. This contractor will serve as our internal domain expert to provide critical insights on the design of an automated inspection product for solar.
Responsibilities
- Work with the product team to validate requirements, designs, and specifications against real-world solar inspection practices.
- Participate in sprint reviews and provide feedback on product in development to support an agile development process.
- Work with the ML team to provide input on damage types, severity levels, and classifications for automated detection models.
- Expert-level experience in solar farm inspection and damage assessment - must understand defect identification, severity classification, and maintenance implications
- Strong background in solar asset review workflows - experience with inspection reporting, damage documentation, and maintenance prioritization
- Industry knowledge of solar farm operations including O&M practices, performance monitoring, and asset management
- Experience working with product teams or technical consultancy background preferred
- Strong communication skills to articulate technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders
As a part of the Thread Team, your time will be spent working both independently and as a group to complete critical projects and develop solutions to advance the goals of the company and its customers.
Work hours are flexible and regulated by the projects required by your team and team supervisor.
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