Mandar Khodegaokar

Director of Engineering

Role
Director of Engineering at Recurrent Energy
Location
Austin, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Mandar Khodegaokar

Solar PV + Storage specialist with experience of more than decade in solar EPC, project development & product development for solar PV + ESS systems. Currently working as Manager - Performance Engineering at Recurrent Energy developing PV and PV+Storage projects.From PV Performance perspective- Experience in carrying out performance assessment of bifacial PV modules installed on tracker and understand shading and mismatch loss. Also carrying out thermal studies to understand holistic bifacial PV performance- Experience with optimizing PV plant sub-component (tracker, cable harness & inverters) operation to increase PV plant performance- Experience of implementing ML techniques to automate designs and develop visual analytics as part of process improvement- Overall PV system design & sizing which is aligned with CUF and PR requirementsFrom ESS Perspective- Experience in battery sizing considering degradation, augmentation, SOC and energy/power application- Experience in product development of Li-Ion battery container including: FSS, DC/AC distribution & HVAC- Experience in integration of DC & AC coupled solar PV + ESS systems - Experience in long term planning of product implementation starting from idea till large scale implementation

Experience

  1. Director of Engineering

    Recurrent Energy

    Feb 2026 — Present · Austin, TX, US

    Leading and managing an engineering team supporting projects involving utility-scale solar facilities, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and related generation tie lines and substations. Oversee engineering design activities, coordination with third-party consultants and contractors, and the delivery of technical support throughout project development, procurement, construction, and commissioning.

Education

  • Savitribai Phule Pune University

    B.E., Mechanical engineering

    2005 — 2009

  • Kingston University

    MSc, Engineering

    2009 — 2010

Skills

  • Autocad
  • Power Plants
  • Engineering
  • Renewable Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Matlab
  • Solar Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Ansys
  • Project Finance
  • Wind
  • Solidworks
  • Testing
  • Solar
  • Energy
  • Photovoltaics
  • Electricians
  • Cfd
  • Pvsyst
  • Gh Windfarmer
  • Project Engineering

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