NERC Compliance Engineer (Power Systems)

Location: Hybrid, primarily office-based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States; in-office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with occasional travel to generating sites of no more than 10%.

Salary: $105,000–$127,000 USD annually, plus eligibility for an annual cash bonus.

Company

hirify.global develops and operates clean-energy generation assets, including wind, solar, and battery energy storage facilities, along with conventional dispatchable power generation.

What you will do

• Act as the primary technical liaison between Electrical Regulatory Compliance and Power Systems Engineering, translating NERC requirements into engineering actions and maintaining audit-ready evidence.
• Manage the technical compliance lifecycle for NERC PRC, FAC, and MOD standards related to plant design and performance, including standards for inverter-based resources.
• Coordinate engineering evaluations involving protection settings, ride-through performance, plant capability, reactive power, and power-system modeling outputs from PSS/E, PSLF, and PSCAD; modeling is not performed directly in this role.
• Partner with plant operations, asset management, project engineering, and external stakeholders on design, commissioning, operations, audits, RFIs, self-certifications, self-reports, and mitigation plans.
• Support ISO, Transmission Operator, and NERC Regional Entity engagements, including Texas RE, CAISO, and ISO-NE.
• Maintain technical documentation, evidence, deadlines, filing requirements, evaluation schedules, and status reporting for Operations Engineering and ERC leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least five years of relevant experience in power generation, transmission, or distribution.
• Strong understanding of electrical power management and distribution, including reactive power and load-flow analysis concepts.
• Working understanding of power-system modeling concepts and tools such as PSS/E, PSLF, and PSCAD, sufficient to interpret engineering outputs and coordinate with Engineering; direct modeling is not required for this role.
• Familiarity with inverter-based resource technology and performance characteristics across solar, wind, and battery energy storage.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, technical manuals, and test reports.
• Ability to function effectively as a team member and/or leader, maintain professional relationships with owners, customers, and external contractors, and communicate technical details to non-technical audiences.
• Availability to work flexible hours as business needs require.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with NERC Reliability Standards compliance.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid office-based work with collaboration from the Scottsdale office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
• Benefits for eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week include PTO, medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA options, commuter benefits, and a 401(k) with employer match.
• Additional benefits include life and accident insurance, fertility and adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and benefits for employees in same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.
• Relocation benefits are available, and the role includes occasional travel to generating sites.
• No visa sponsorship or employment-authorization sponsorship is available now or in the future.