Transmission Planning Engineer
$140k - $200k • Brooklyn, United States • full_time
Posted 8mo ago
About the job
Paces is building the development engine for renewable infrastructure and power projects, using Agentic AI to automate early-stage due diligence and accelerate late-stage diligence. Our platform streamlines siting, interconnection, and permitting for renewable energy and data center developers. We are seeking an exceptional Transmission Planning or Power Engineer to join our Solutions Engineering team, reporting directly to the Head of Success and Solutions. This role offers the opportunity to have a massive positive climate impact while building a great culture.
Responsibilities
- Perform and interpret bulk transmission and interconnection analysis using commercial power flow software.
- Perform and review transmission planning, power flow, and stability studies using commercial tools (PSSE, TARA, PSLF, PSCAD, etc.).
- Guide teammates on best practices and elevate the quality of all analyses.
- 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 product and engineering teams to develop software solutions that enhance power system analysis at scale.
- Apply and expand expertise in power systems and interconnection processes across different utilities and ISOs.
- Act as the domain expert within Paces to shape internal methodologies and inform product development.
- Generalize power system principles and utility processes into scalable software applications and proprietary datasets.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in power system studies, transmission planning, or interconnection engineering at a consultant, developer, ISO/RTO, or utility.
- Deep familiarity with generator interconnection modeling in at least one major ISO/RTO (PJM, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO, WECC).
- Proven ability to run and interpret power flow, stability, and upgrade cost studies.
- Proficiency with tools like PSSE, TARA, PSLF, PSCAD.
- Strong quantitative skills and an instinct for spotting flawed assumptions.
- Experience mentoring or reviewing the work of junior engineers.
- Comfortable being customer-facing, presenting results directly to external stakeholders.
- Familiarity with scripting or automation (Python, MATLAB, etc.) to improve workflows.
Benefits
- Competitive equity compensation
- 401(k) match
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Paid company holidays & PTO