Senior Transmission Planning Engineer (Reliability)

Location: Hybrid in Dublin, California, working remotely and from an assigned location within the PG&E service territory based on business needs.

Salary: $153,828–$197,628 per year.

Company

hirify.global delivers electric engineering, transmission, and grid modernization programs across its service territory.

What you will do

• Prepare transmission base cases and lead approval of the transmission load forecast.
• Lead transmission system studies, including long-term planning, expansion assessments, reliability strategy, and complex RAS-related studies.
• Develop generator, HVDC, and other non-standard equipment models for power flow and dynamic stability analysis.
• Lead project implementation from development and testing through operational deployment, including large-scale projects requiring PTC or CPCN permits.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering, operations, asset strategy, and distribution planning teams.
• Lead regulatory and reliability compliance activities, including FERC, NERC, WECC, and CAISO requirements and annual gap analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited US program or equivalent international education.
• At least 8 years of experience in electric transmission planning studies.
• Advanced knowledge of power system theory and transmission planning analysis.
• Experience with transmission system operations and NERC/WECC standards.
• Programming experience with Matlab, Python, VBA, or EPCL.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement from a remote office and an assigned PG&E service-territory location.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of PG&E’s transmission system.
• California PE license.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement based on business needs.
• Position represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California and subject to collective bargaining.
• Collaboration with internal engineering, operations, asset strategy, distribution planning, and consulting participants.