Transmission Planning Engineer

About Nira Energy

• Nira's mission is to help convert the US power grid to be 100% fossil-free.
• We are profitable!
• Nira is a software platform that helps renewable energy developers find the cheapest points on the grid to connect.
• We focus on estimating the cost to interconnect with the electrical grid (aka the Interconnection Process). Depending on where developers connect, they may be on the hook to pay millions of dollars to upgrade power lines, substations etc.

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. Specifically, you’ll:

• 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

This could be a great fit if:

• You have experience with generation interconnection related studies. You have 2+ years of hands on experience with tools like TARA, PSS/E, Power World, 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.