Transmission Planning Modeling Engineer (Power Systems)

Location: On-site in New Albany, Ohio, United States

Salary: $110,000–$177,000 per year, depending on level, education, experience, and skills.

Company

hirify.global delivers safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions while supporting electric system reliability and customer service.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, validate, and quality-assure transmission system models for planning, operational, reliability, and compliance studies.
• Model transmission lines, transformers, generators, breakers, ratings, topology, impedance, and configurations across medium-, high-, and extra-high-voltage facilities.
• Build future network models incorporating load growth, generation additions and retirements, transmission upgrades, reconfigurations, and planned projects.
• Coordinate with planning, operations, engineering, project management, PJM, neighboring transmission owners, and interconnecting entities.
• Support PJM baseline, near-term, and long-term model development, submissions, reviews, and data requests.
• Resolve data discrepancies, support NERC compliance activities, and improve modeling processes, documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.

Requirements

• Relevant engineering experience with a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in engineering or engineering technology; degree and experience requirements vary by level.
• Senior level: typically 4+ years of related engineering experience with a bachelor's degree, or 2+ years with a master's degree or PhD.
• Principal level: typically 8+ years of related engineering experience with a bachelor's degree, or 6+ years with a master's degree or PhD.
• Staff level: typically 10+ years of related engineering experience with a bachelor's degree, or 8+ years with a master's degree or PhD.
• Experience with transmission planning models and tools such as PSS-ODMS, Siemens PSS/E, ASPEN OneLiner, TARA, or similar systems.
• Ability to analyze technical data, resolve discrepancies, manage multiple assignments, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer registration in any U.S. state or Puerto Rico.
• Experience with power flow, short-circuit, stability, or reliability assessments.
• Knowledge of inverter-based resources, solar and wind generation, synchronous generation, PJM processes, and NERC Reliability Standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting employee well-being.
• Full-time, on-site work environment.
• Focus on customer service, safe and reliable energy delivery, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
• Sedentary physical demand level with occasional lifting of up to 10 pounds.