Transmission Planning Engineer (Power Systems)

Location: Denver, Colorado; hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office

Salary: $70,000–$129,266 per year, depending on level and qualifications

Company

hirify.global is an electricity and natural gas energy company serving customers across eight Western and Midwestern states.

What you will do

• Perform steady-state, short-circuit, dynamic stability, electromagnetic transient, and geomagnetic induced current studies.
• Conduct transmission planning, resource interconnection, transmission service, and system impact studies for generation, storage, hybrid resources, microgrids, and aggregated distributed energy resources.
• Evaluate inverter-based resources, grid-enhancing technologies, renewable integration, system strength, and bulk power system reliability.
• Support NERC, FERC, WECC, and regional planning compliance, model validation, regulatory filings, and technical reporting.
• Develop Python automation and digital workflows for PSSE, PSLF, TARA, TSAT, and PSCAD studies.
• Present technical findings, participate in industry working groups, and mentor engineers, interns, and analysts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering, or Physics from an ABET-accredited curriculum or recognized equivalent.
• Entry level: 0+ years of relevant experience; staff level: 2+ years; senior level: 5+ years with nationally recognized certification or 7+ years without certification.
• Experience with power system transmission analysis tools such as PSSE, TARA, EMS, ASPEN, CAPE, PROMOD, PLEXOS, PowerWorld, or PSCAD, depending on level.
• Knowledge of power systems studies, transmission planning, reliability analysis, and related engineering disciplines.
• Must work in a hybrid schedule based in Denver, Colorado, with three office days per week.
• EIT/FE certification is preferred or strongly preferred; PE registration and a graduate degree are preferred for senior-level candidates.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with opportunities for technical development and advancement across entry, staff, and senior levels.
• Medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life, disability, and employee assistance programs.
• 401(k), pension, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement, transportation and transit programs, fitness center reimbursement, and flexible spending or health savings accounts.
• Technical collaboration with NERC, IEEE, WECC, WestConnect, regional planning organizations, and industry task forces.

Hiring process

• Level placement depends on experience, qualifications, and interview results.
• Application deadline: September 24, 2026.