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Jordan Lee
Phoenix, AZ | jordan.lee@email.com | (602) 555-0147 | linkedin.com/in/jordanlee
Solar Designers
- Solar Designer with 4+ years supporting residential and small commercial PV from concept through permitting; comfortable in AutoCAD and PVsyst and working with sales/ops teams to meet deadlines.
- Solar Design Specialist, SunRise EPC (2022-Present): Designed 50+ rooftop solar systems and updated layouts based on site photos, CAD roof plans, and AHJ feedback; produced permit sets including plan views, attachment details, and single-line diagrams.
- Solar Design Technician, BrightPath Solar (2020-2022): Modeled energy production in PVsyst and created shade studies; optimized arrays to improve performance and reduce rework for the field team.
- Coordinated with engineering and project managers on equipment selection (modules, inverters, racking) and kept projects moving by responding to RFIs and change requests.
- Tools/Skills: AutoCAD, PVsyst, Helioscope (basic), Excel; familiarity with NEC 690/705, utility interconnection forms, and structural/roofing terminology; OSHA-10 (2021).
Overview
- Add project sizing and measurable outputs (kW DC, production, cycle time, revision rate) to show design impact.
- Clarify deliverables and ownership (what you created vs supported; concept vs IFC; AHJ/utility scope).
- Tighten skills to match the role (software proficiency levels, code/JHA specifics) and reduce vague phrasing.
Suggestions
Rewrite the SunRise bullet to include typical system size range, design volume per month, and exactly which drawings you owned. Example: "Designed 55 residential PV systems (6-14 kW DC) per year; produced full permit packages (site plan, roof plan, SLD, equipment schedule) and resolved AHJ redlines to approval in 1-2 revision cycles."
"50+" is a start, but hiring teams need scale (kW and throughput) and clear deliverables to judge readiness for a Solar Designer role and compare against other candidates.
Referenced resume text
"Designed 50+ rooftop solar systems and updated layouts based on site photos, CAD roof plans, and AHJ feedback; produced permit sets including plan views, attachment details, and single-line diagrams."
Add 1-2 quantified results to the modeling/optimization bullet (kWh/kW improvement, shading loss reduction, or turnaround time). Example: "Ran PVsyst simulations and shade studies; reduced estimated shading losses from ~8% to ~5% on typical roofs by re-stringing and relocating arrays; cut redesign requests from installers by ~20% by standardizing notes and labels."
"Improved performance" is vague; even approximate metrics (or ranges) make the impact credible and show you understand the levers designers control (layout, azimuth/tilt, stringing, setbacks).
Referenced resume text
"Modeled energy production in PVsyst and created shade studies; optimized arrays to improve performance and reduce rework for the field team."
Specify what you personally owned in cross-functional coordination and tie it to a design artifact. Example: "Selected inverter/module pairings and finalized stringing plans; issued updated equipment schedules and SLDs after change orders; answered RFIs within 24-48 hours to keep permit submissions on track."
"Coordinated" can read as administrative unless you connect it to concrete design decisions and documents (stringing, SLD, equipment schedule, revision control).
Referenced resume text
"Coordinated with engineering and project managers on equipment selection (modules, inverters, racking) and kept projects moving by responding to RFIs and change requests."
Replace broad "familiarity" with targeted, role-relevant specifics and proficiency levels. Example: "Codes: NEC 690/705 (setbacks, OCPD, rapid shutdown), utility interconnection (SRP/APS forms). Software: AutoCAD (advanced), PVsyst (intermediate), Helioscope (intermediate)."
Solar Designer roles are often screened on code knowledge and software depth; stating what parts of NEC and which utilities/AHJs you worked with reduces ambiguity and improves keyword alignment.
Referenced resume text
"Tools/Skills: AutoCAD, PVsyst, Helioscope (basic), Excel; familiarity with NEC 690/705, utility interconnection forms, and structural/roofing terminology; OSHA-10 (2021)."
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