Optimization Engineer, Grid Systems — Powering AI

GridCARE; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Equity

Comprehensive health coverage

Lunch provided three days a week

Access to industry partners

Job summary

GridCARE in Redwood City, California is looking for an early career engineer to work on optimization and modeling within the electric grid. This role involves developing software that enhances grid flexibility and efficiency, with a strong focus on collaboration across various domains.

Ideal candidates will have a Master’s degree in engineering or related fields and experience with languages like Python. Competitive compensation, equity, and health benefits in a hybrid work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of industry experience or applied research experience.
• Strong ability to reason from first principles.
• Experience with large-scale numerical workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build optimization and simulation software for electric grid planning.
• Develop models and algorithms for resource scheduling and system reliability.
• Translate mathematical concepts into code.

Skills

Mathematics fundamentals

Algorithms

Software engineering

Optimization solvers

Debugging skills

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

Julia

Job description

GridCARE in Redwood City, California is looking for an early career engineer to work on optimization and modeling within the electric grid. This role involves developing software that enhances grid flexibility and efficiency, with a strong focus on collaboration across various domains.

Ideal candidates will have a Master’s degree in engineering or related fields and experience with languages like Python. Competitive compensation, equity, and health benefits in a hybrid work environment are offered.