Senior, Electric Distribution Engineer, Asset Strategy Engineering - Oakland

Location: Hybrid, working from a remote office and assigned work location in Oakland, California

Annual salary range: $161,520–$207,504

Company

hirify.global operates electric transmission, distribution, substation, and related energy infrastructure serving Northern and Central California.

What you will do

• Provide technical, planning, and project implementation support for substations, distribution systems, distribution networks, and distributed generation.
• Approve Distribution Planning Area load forecasts and final load-growth regression models, and prepare system-wide analysis and recommendations for targeted distribution work.
• Lead or support capacity planning, load forecasting, Distributed Energy Resource services, distribution automation, benchmarking, and distribution program prioritization and funding.
• Lead regional outage review meetings, develop reliability reports, and create metrics and performance targets for system reliability.
• Support regulatory proceedings, General Rate Case efforts, data requests, reliability reporting, and communication with regulators, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance, training, coaching, and mentoring to engineering and operations personnel while contributing to asset strategy, risk analysis, standards, data analytics, and program management.

Requirements

• BSEE, MSEE, or PhD in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution, or equivalent education outside the United States.
• At least seven years of experience in electrical power engineering and design. An active California Professional Engineer license or an MSEE credits one year of experience; a maximum of two years may be credited when both a PE license and MSEE are held.
• Extensive knowledge of power systems engineering concepts, principles, and practices, with the ability to resolve complex problems independently and work on broad, complex assignments with limited guidance.

Nice to have

• Active California Professional Engineer license.
• Experience in distribution equipment lifecycle asset management.
• Skills in data analytics and experience in reliability analysis and improvement.
• Experience with power systems, power-flow analysis, power-system theory, voltage stability, and transmission, substation, and distribution planning.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining a remote office with an assigned work location based on business needs.
• Individual contributor role represented by ESC Local 20 and currently subject to collective bargaining.
• Work focuses on safe, reliable, resilient, regulatory-compliant, and cost-effective electric infrastructure.