Senior Grid Planning Engineer — Power for AI Growth

GridCARE, Inc.; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 140.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid schedule

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Equity and performance bonus

Lunch provided in office

Zusammenfassung

GridCARE is hiring a Senior Distribution Planning Engineer in Redwood City, CA. You will own distribution planning workstreams, perform power flow and hosting capacity studies, and align results with GridCARE's platform.

You will drive methodology, standards, and execution with utility engagements. You will lead planning workflows, collaborate with Product and AI/ML teams, and potentially build a team as engagements grow.

Qualifikationen

• 6-8+ years work experience in distribution or subtransmission planning.
• Experience in a utility distribution planning department.
• Hands-on ownership of distribution planning studies: power flow, capacity, hosting capacity, contingency, reconfiguration, voltage and protection studies, and capital planning justification.

Aufgaben

• Perform distribution and subtransmission power system analyses: power flow, hosting capacity and load-serving studies, contingency and reconfiguration analysis, voltage and thermal limits, and protection considerations.
• Build out distribution planning workflows end to end: model setup, data intake standards, study criteria, QA, and deliverables.
• Align distribution analyses with GridCARE's tools, analyses, and platform, including connections to transmission-level work.
• Assess which flexibility resources can be credited as capacity at distribution level (batteries, on-site generation, volt/VAR control, feeder reconfiguration).
• Establish planning criteria, documentation, and validation practices aligned with utility processes.
• Partner with Product and AI/ML teams to translate distribution planning methodology into scalable platform capabilities.
• Lead technical review sessions with utility planners and address data, criteria, and methodology concerns.
• Travel several times a year for in-person utility engagements and conferences.

Kenntnisse

Distribution planning

Power flow studies

DER interconnection standards

Python

Large datasets

Ausbildung

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

PE license

Tools

CYME

Synergi

WindMill

OpenDSS

ETAP

Jobbeschreibung

GridCARE is hiring a Senior Distribution Planning Engineer in Redwood City, CA. You will own distribution planning workstreams, perform power flow and hosting capacity studies, and align results with GridCARE's platform.

You will drive methodology, standards, and execution with utility engagements. You will lead planning workflows, collaborate with Product and AI/ML teams, and potentially build a team as engagements grow.