Boise Transmission Program Lead — Grid Innovation

Pitch Aeronautics; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

120 hrs of paid time off

Health Insurance

Dental & Vision Insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

401(k)

Equity eligibility

Paid holidays

Flexible work schedule

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Pitch Aeronautics is seeking a Transmission Project Manager to lead utility customer projects across WireWeather, WireWarrior, and drone installation. You will be the primary liaison from scoping to deployment and daily use, translating operator needs into actionable software and hardware requirements for our engineering teams.

This is an on-site role at Boise headquarters with up to 20% travel. Your work centers on coordinating with utilities in the SPARK program and other projects, building

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• A NERC certified system operator who has moved into engineering or support work qualifies.
• 5+ years of professional experience, including at least 3 years in transmission operations or transmission planning at a utility, RTO/ISO, or transmission consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Build project plans, schedules, and statements of work with each utility, and track scope, schedule, and cost against them.
• Plan sensor installations and drone work with our Drone Ops team and each utility's field and line crews.
• Lead the integration of DLR data into utility EMS and SCADA within NERC CIP requirements, coordinating Pitch's software engineers with the utility's EMS, cybersecurity, and control room staff.
• Align DLR ratings with each utility's FAC-008 facility ratings methodology and, where it applies, RTO ambient adjusted rating data exchange under FERC Order 881.
• Train operators and engineers, and stay engaged until the ratings are trusted and in daily use.
• Turn what utility operators, planners, and IT and cybersecurity staff need into feature requirements, and prioritize them with our software, sensor, and drone teams.
• Agree on acceptance criteria with the utility before work starts, run acceptance testing, and feed field results back into the roadmap.
• Manage SPARK day to day: fold the utilities' reconductoring schedules into the program schedule, and work with utility planners to document baseline and final transfer capability for each corridor.
• Run recurring coordination meetings with each partner utility, and own DOE reporting (PMO documents, quarterly reports, annual Go/No-Go packages, etc.).
• Track risks and award terms, including change requests, partner monitoring, the cybersecurity plan, unmanned aircraft rules, and environmental reviews.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical writing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

PMP, PE, or NERC System Operator certification

Tools

PSS/E

PowerWorld

PSLF

Job description

Pitch Aeronautics is seeking a Transmission Project Manager to lead utility customer projects across WireWeather, WireWarrior, and drone installation. You will be the primary liaison from scoping to deployment and daily use, translating operator needs into actionable software and hardware requirements for our engineering teams.

This is an on-site role at Boise headquarters with up to 20% travel. Your work centers on coordinating with utilities in the SPARK program and other projects, building