Senior Transmission Modeling and Market Analysis Engineer

Acre; Colorado; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Acre is seeking a Senior Transmission Analysis Engineer to lead nodal production cost modeling and transmission congestion studies for a growing US renewable portfolio.

You will work with PowerGEM PROBE or comparable tools, analyze ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, MISO, and SPP markets, and translate results into actionable siting and investment recommendations. Occasional travel and cross-functional collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Energy Economics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• 5+ years' experience in production cost modeling, transmission analysis, power-system planning, or electricity-market analysis.
• Strong knowledge of power systems, transmission-network behavior, mathematical optimization, security-constrained unit commitment and economic dispatch, LMPs, congestion, basis, curtailment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as internal SME for production cost modeling, nodal basis forecasting, transmission congestion, and renewable energy curtailment analysis.
• Develop and maintain modeling assumptions for generation, load, transmission topology, outages, storage, and market rules.
• Develop reference cases, sensitivities, and downside scenarios for project economics.
• Explain drivers of basis and curtailment and evaluate impact of upgrades, generation, loads, and market-rule changes.
• Translate modeling results into clear recommendations for siting, development, and investments.
• Establish methodologies, QC practices, and documentation standards for studies.
• Manage external consultants and review data sources, configurations, and conclusions.
• Reconcile differences among internal analyses, consultant forecasts, and ISO/RTO information.
• Perform or review interconnection-related due diligence including queue, power-flow, contingency findings, & schedule risk.
• Ensure consistency among analyses and monitor ISO/RTO plans and regulatory changes.
• Present assumptions, uncertainties, findings, and recommendations to leadership.
• Contribute to internal analytical tools, databases, templates, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Production cost modeling

Nodal market simulations

Power systems knowledge

Optimization & modeling

Data analysis & QC

Communication to stakeholders

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related quantitative field

Tools

PowerGEM PROBE

PSSE

PowerWorld

PSLF

TARA

AMPl

Python

R

Job description

Acre is seeking a Senior Transmission Analysis Engineer to lead nodal production cost modeling and transmission congestion studies for a growing US renewable portfolio.

You will work with PowerGEM PROBE or comparable tools, analyze ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, MISO, and SPP markets, and translate results into actionable siting and investment recommendations. Occasional travel and cross-functional collaboration are expected.