Senior Transmission Planning Engineer (Power Systems)

Location: Hybrid, Fresno, California, with remote work from a remote office and an assigned work location within the PG&E Service Territory based on business needs.

Salary: $161,520–$207,504 annually, depending on locality and factors including skills, education, licenses, experience, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

Company

hirify.global operates a Transmission System Planning department responsible for interconnection studies, multi-year assessments, transmission expansion planning, reliability standards, and support for operations, law, and contracts.

What you will do

• Prepare base cases, lead transmission load forecast approvals, and develop generator testing and system models.
• Develop HVDC and other non-standard equipment models for power flow and dynamic stability analysis.
• Lead transmission planning studies, annual transmission planning assessments, expansion plans, and complex RAS-related studies.
• Develop and standardize analytic methods, interconnection handbooks, criteria, and standards for WECC/NERC compliance.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering, operations, substation, transmission-line asset strategy, and distribution planning departments.
• Lead complex and large-scale project implementation, regulatory filings, FERC/NERC/WECC compliance activities, annual gap analysis, and capital investment planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited curriculum in the US, or an equivalent degree from outside the US.
• 8 years of experience in electric transmission planning or operations.
• Technical capability to support transmission, substation, and distribution system planning and project implementation.

Nice to have

• Advanced knowledge of power system theory.
• Knowledge of the PG&E transmission system and NERC/WECC standards.
• Experience in electric system operations.
• Programming skills in Matlab, Python, VBA, and EPCL.
• California PE license.
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement combining remote work with an assigned work location based on business needs.
• The position is represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California and is subject to collective bargaining.
• Work supports safe, reliable, economic, and efficient electric transmission service.