Nathan Brunner

Nathan Brunner is a Senior Solar Reliability Engineer at DNV since July 2021, specializing in solar failure investigations, root cause analysis, hail risk mitigation, and major technology due diligence reviews. Prior to DNV, Nathan served as a Senior Solar Reliability Engineer at EDP Renewables North America from May 2017 to July 2021, where expertise included reliability analysis of wind fleets and predictive analysis using advanced data techniques. Nathan's experience also encompasses roles at SunPower Corporation as a Product Engineer focusing on failure analysis, Transphorm Inc. as a Failure Analysis Engineer optimizing processes, Voxtel Inc. as a Research Scientist developing FEA models, and Las Cumbres Observatory as a Scientist implementing automation in data analysis. Nathan holds a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from UC Santa Barbara and an MS in Applied Physics from the University of Oregon.