Can AI Replace Solar Energy Systems Engineers in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 69% of today's solar energy systems engineers tasks by 2036, and there is a 38% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

35%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

14% 2030 · 38% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.1 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Solar Photovoltaic Installers8% risk by 2036 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians21% risk by 2036 Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians16% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Create checklists for review or inspection of completed solar installation projects".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Create electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, or connection diagrams for solar electric systems, using computer-aided design (CAD) software".Get visibly better at your human core: "Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during installation, start-up, testing, system commissioning, or performance monitoring".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Solar Photovoltaic Installers.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Solar Photovoltaic Installers — 8% chance of contraction by 2036
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians — 21% chance of contraction by 2036
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians — 16% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 13 O*NET tasks for "Solar Energy Systems Engineers" (SOC 17-2199.11). LLM alone: 8% of tasks; with AI tools: 84%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10