Associate Transmission Planning Engineer (Power Systems)

Location: Hybrid role based in West Sacramento, California, with the assigned work location within the PG&E Service Territory

Annual salary: $99,936–$150,108

Company

hirify.global provides electric utility services and plans, operates, and expands transmission, substation, and distribution systems.

What you will do

• Support the development of PG&E and WECC transmission system basecases, load forecasts, assumptions, and steady-state and dynamic models.
• Perform transmission planning studies covering compliance, reliability, load and generation interconnection, economic, policy, and regional projects.
• Coordinate engineering requirements and analyze reliability indices to support transmission and distribution improvement projects.
• Participate in project implementation, including scope, schedules, budgets, approval documents, asset strategies, and final system documentation.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, regulatory filings, and stakeholder communications.
• Support FERC, NERC, WECC, CAISO, and CPUC compliance activities, audits, and regulatory data requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a BSEE graduation date no later than December 2026.
• Ability to provide technical, planning, and project implementation support under the direction of experienced engineers.
• Ability to analyze power-system data, develop models, and communicate technical information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work from a remote office and the assigned work location within the PG&E Service Territory.

Nice to have

• One year of experience in power engineering, transmission planning, or operations.
• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement combining a remote office and an assigned PG&E work location.
• Position represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California and subject to collective bargaining.
• Work includes collaboration with engineering, operations, legal, contracts, regulatory, and other internal departments.