Overview
Power Engineer — Brooklyn, NY — Power Engineering — In office — Full-time
In the next 30 years, the world will transform every part of the built environment to be climate positive green infrastructure. Knowing what, where, and how to build infrastructure like solar farms is one of the great opportunities of our time.
Our company is building a team focused on identifying the best places to build and manage green infrastructure projects by collecting environmental, permitting, zoning, and grid data, then analyzing it to guide developers using AI.
What You’ll Achieve
- Perform and interpret bulk transmission and interconnection analysis using commercial power flow software to pinpoint the best places to connect to the grid
- Evaluate transmission system dynamics under high penetrations of renewables
- Develop reasonable and technically supported study assumptions using the best available queue and grid upgrades datasets
- Consider the technical and commercial viability of new generation and large load projects by forecasting upgrade costs
- Work closely with the product and engineering teams to develop software solutions that enhance power system analysis at scale
- Apply and expand your expertise in power systems and interconnection processes across different utilities and ISOs
- Act as the domain expert within the company to shape internal methodologies and inform product development
- Generalize power system principles and utility processes into scalable software applications and proprietary datasets
Requirements
1-7 years of formal experience in power system studies, transmission planning, or interconnection engineering at consultant, developer, or utilityDeep familiarity with generator interconnection modeling in at least one major ISO / RTO (e.g., PJM, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO, WECC, etc.)Strong quantitative ability and understanding of transmission studies; experience with TARA / PSSE or similar softwareAbility to think beyond traditional engineering approaches and contribute to product innovationExtremely ambitious and passionate about creating value through creative, iterative thinking and automationAbout You
You will thrive in our culture if you :
You love deep in person collaborationYou get a thrill out of learning fast and teaching othersYou have a strong bias towards action and are always looking for better ways to automate tedious tasksBonus Points
Previous experience at a high-growth, fast-paced startupPrevious experience with GISScripting skills in PythonCompensation and Benefits
$130,000 - 170,000 annual compensationCompetitive equity compensation401(k) matchHealth, dental and vision insurancePaid company holidays & PTOHybrid work in the office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ~3x per weekAbout Paces
Paces is software for green infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects.
If you’re a builder who wants to actively construct a more climate positive future, join us! We are enabling the climate optimum use for all the world’s land and are leaders in the evolving data center and renewables markets.
We have world class customers and are growing. We have raised +$13M led by Navitas Capital, Resolute Ventures, and Y Combinator.
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