AES operates a multi-gigawatt renewable energy portfolio spanning solar, wind, and battery storage with active construction and deployment across the US. The tech stack reflects dual operating modes: heavy SAP enterprise systems (ISU, Plant Maintenance, Fiori) managing utility-scale assets alongside engineering tools (PVsyst, PSS/E, AutoCAD, GIS) for project design and grid analysis. Current hiring skews operations and engineering (86 of 137 roles), signaling active ramp of solar module installation automation and interconnection work, while pain points cluster around O&M standards, construction acceleration, and system integration—indicating maturity challenges typical of utilities scaling renewables.
Notable leadership hires: Transmission Strategy Lead, Safety Director
AES is a publicly traded energy infrastructure company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, operating since 1981. The company develops, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects—solar farms, wind installations, and battery energy storage systems—primarily in the United States. The portfolio includes financial management of a 1GW renewable power plant and active greenfield prospecting alongside construction of new capacity. AES sells energy capacity and services to utilities, grid operators, and large industrial offtakers. Operations span project development (interconnection studies, environmental permitting, real estate siting), engineering and construction, asset maintenance, and grid forecasting.
SAP (ISU, Plant Maintenance, Fiori) for enterprise resource and utility management; PVsyst and AutoCAD for solar design; PSS/E and GIS for grid analysis; SCADA and Maximo for operational control and asset maintenance; Power BI for analytics; Prometheus for monitoring; AWS, Azure, GCP for cloud infrastructure.
Active projects include solar and energy storage installations, a robotic system for Maximo solar module deployment, wind real estate development, battery energy storage systems (BESS), 1GW power plant portfolio management, load and wind generation forecasting, and interconnection studies for grid integration.
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