Transmission Planning Engineer

Nira Energy; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Job summary

A growing renewable energy software company is seeking a Transmission Planning Engineer to enhance its product offerings. You will work collaboratively with engineers to deepen your expertise in transmission planning and integrating it into software solutions. Ideal candidates have experience in generation interconnection studies and proficiency in related tools like Python and TARA. This position promotes a positive culture with opportunities for ownership and growth while contributing to meaningful projects in renewable energy.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in generation interconnection studies.
• Hands-on experience with tools like TARA, PSS/E, PowerWorld, and Python.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Deepen and expand transmission planning expertise.
• Work with engineers to integrate domain knowledge into software products.
• Support the product life cycle from ideation to maintenance.

Skills

Transmission planning expertise

Generation interconnection studies

Python

TARA

PSS/E

PowerWorld

Job description

Base pay range

$190,000.00/yr - $210,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Stock options

The Company

Nira is a software company with a mission of accelerating the integration of large-scale renewable energy projects. Developers of solar, wind, and energy storage projects use Nira’s software to find the best locations to sit their projects and help manage them through the queue. Nira’s software products simplify complex and niche electrical engineering concepts that would otherwise lead most renewable energy projects to be cancelled after significant investment.

In less than five years, Nira has solidified a track record of success a with a growing, and profitable, 25+ employee company. They’ve established an extremely reputable brand and have a rapidly growing customer base. The opportunity to join such an early stage, yet risk-reduced, software company in growth mode is a rare opportunity.

Job Description

Nira is hiring Transmission Planning Engineers to join the product team comprised of half planning engineers and half software engineers. In this role, you’ll work with other planning engineers and software engineers to build products that help renewable developers put together successful project portfolios.

• Focus on deepening and expanding your transmission planning and generator interconnection studies subject matter expertise.
• Work with software engineers and product managers to codify your domain knowledge into Nira’s software products’ backend.
• Support the full product life cycle including product ideation, research and development, coding, sales support, customer support, and product maintenance.

Who We’re Looking For

• You have experience with generation interconnection related studies. You have 2+ years of hands on experience with tools like TARA, PSS/E, PowerWorld, Python, etc.; and you already have a sense of what data renewable developers need to build a portfolio of successful projects.
• You’re motivated by having ownership in your work. You take initiative on projects and have a strong preference to be a trailblazer. Or when the "trail" is given to you, you are motivated to challenge it and ensure it's the best trail every step of the way.
• You’re ready to roll up your sleeves for the team, and no task is beneath you. Sometimes the work isn’t always sexy, but you’re down to do it anyway if it means advancing the mission and providing value to our customers.
• You want to level up your software engineering skills. The power of Nira comes from codifying our transmission planning knowledge! You’ll work directly with an extremely talented group of software engineers to create products. If you like to code, this is the highest value opportunity in the space to grow this skillset.
• You’re low ego. You may have strong opinions, but you hold them loosely. You challenge your instincts, are data driven, and aren’t scared to be wrong. You seek to find the best solutions for our customers even if it runs counter to your initial thinking.

Why Nira?

Nira is a mission-oriented company that places a strong emphasis on a positive work culture. They have built a world class team of software engineers and transmission planning engineers, and you'll be working amongst a team of all stars.

The company is growing exponentially, and the opportunity for professional growth is huge. The organization is flat, the leadership is transparent, and you get full exposure to seeing what it takes to go from 0 to 1 with product development and business in general.

This is also an opportunity to get equity in an early-stage startup with rare momentum.

Location Requirements

This role is in-person Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at our office in the Financial District (NYC).

Compensation

180-210k base, and equity.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Utilities, Services for Renewable Energy, and Engineering Services

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave