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Wind Energy Engineers

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Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems and prepare and develop site specifications.

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Currently Employed: 3,754

Yearly Projected Openings: 80

Typical Hourly Wage: $50.58 - $71.40

Typical Annual Salary: $105,200 - $148,500

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Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: None

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Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
Provide engineering technical support to designers of prototype wind turbines.
Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
Investigate experimental wind turbines or wind turbine technologies for properties such as aerodynamics, production, noise, and load.
Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines.
Develop active control algorithms, electronics, software, electromechanical, or electrohydraulic systems for wind turbines.
Develop specifications for wind technology components, such as gearboxes, blades, generators, frequency converters, and pad transformers.
Test wind turbine components, using mechanical or electronic testing equipment.
Oversee the work activities of wind farm consultants or subcontractors.
Test wind turbine equipment to determine effects of stress or fatigue.

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