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1d ago

Transmission Planning Engineer – Steady-State, Contingency, Transfer Studies

KORE1 Technologies Edgewater, CO

Edgewater, CO

1d ago

$90k - $140k/yr Full time Electrical Engineering Automation Engineering

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Job Description

This Senior Transmission Planning Engineer role focuses on steady-state, contingency, and transfer studies using grid-planning software, translating utility needs into repeatable product workflows. The work is hands-on and applied to transmission planning analysis rather than software development or management.

Responsibilities

Build and refine integrated transmission planning workflows, with emphasis on steady-state system planning, contingency analysis, transfer capability, economic and congestion assessment, and base-case development.
Execute transmission planning studies using the company’s software in collaboration with utility clients, helping address real planning challenges with new approaches to traditional study processes.
Translate utility and ISO/RTO planning requirements, including regional and system planning, generator interconnection, congestion analysis, and related processes, into clear product and modeling requirements.
Build, validate, condition, and review transmission planning cases and perform standard steady-state analyses.
Prototype and help define automation solutions for large network simulation studies, including case building and conditioning, contingency definition development, screening tools, results analysis automation, and related workflows.
Advise on network representation, data requirements, modeling approaches, and study assumptions to support consistency and modeling quality across cases.
Identify opportunities to improve or automate existing transmission planning processes and provide subject matter expertise to translate those improvements into software capabilities.
Contribute transmission planning expertise to product user stories, feature requirements, and roadmap discussions with Product and Software Development.
Collaborate with software engineers to implement and test functionality, validate releases, and maintain modeling quality standards.
Support customer engagements through technical discussions, training, project delivery, study execution, and presentation of results.
Act as a transmission planning SME during pre-sales demonstrations and prospective client conversations to help utility stakeholders understand how the platform addresses planning needs.
Collaborate with internal experts across transmission, distribution, and generation to support integrated planning discussions.
Stay current on relevant industry standards, regulatory requirements, and planning practices, including NERC and major regional frameworks such as WECC, ERCOT, MISO, PJM, and ENTSO-E, as well as grid modernization and emerging integrated planning approaches.
Work directly with utilities to understand planning challenges, perform platform-based studies, communicate results, and apply learnings to guide continued product evolution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline required, with Electrical Engineering and Power Systems strongly preferred.
PE license is a strong plus and may strengthen an otherwise relevant non-EE background.
Approximately 4–5+ years of hands-on transmission planning experience at a utility, ISO/RTO, consulting, or professional services organization preferred.
Demonstrated experience personally conducting transmission planning studies, not primarily managing or overseeing others.
Strong knowledge of steady-state system planning, including contingency analysis, transfer capability studies, economic and congestion assessments, and base-case model development.
Integrated resource or system planning experience is a strong plus.
Hands-on experience with at least one primary industry transmission planning platform; PSS®E, PowerWorld, or PSLF are preferred.
Experience limited solely to TARA is not sufficient.
PSCAD and Aspen OneLiner experience are useful additional qualifications but are not substitutes for hands-on experience with a broader transmission planning platform.
Familiarity with transmission planning standards and processes, including NERC TPL compliance, regional transmission planning, interconnection queue studies, and long-term system planning (independent ownership of TPL documentation is not required if meaningful participation in the underlying analysis is demonstrated).
Strong client-facing communication skills, including independent discussion of study requirements, technical conversations with utility stakeholders, presentation of results, and clear communication of complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to organize and execute studies end-to-end, including understanding the planning problem, selecting an approach, coordinating inputs, performing analysis, and communicating results.
Interest in challenging and improving traditional transmission planning processes rather than only executing established workflows.
Comfort working closely with product and software engineering teams and translating real-world planning needs into ideas for workflows, functionality, and product improvements.
Scripting or workflow automation experience is a plus, with Python preferred; no software development background required.
Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Curiosity about adjacent planning domains such as distribution and generation, and comfort working in a small, cross-functional environment where responsibilities overlap.

Technologies

PSS®E
PowerWorld
PSLF
PowerFactory
TARA
PSCAD
Aspen OneLiner
Python

Location, Travel, and Work Style

Work location: Hybrid remote in Edgewater, CO 80214.
Edgewater, Colorado (Denver metro) preferred; remote candidates within the U.S. will be considered.
Local candidates who can collaborate regularly in the office are preferred, though onsite work is not required for an otherwise strong candidate.
For remote candidates, Mountain Time or nearby U.S. time zones are preferred to support collaboration with the Denver and Germany-based teams.
Travel: Approximately 10%.
Remote employees should be able to travel periodically to the Denver office, including a longer onsite period during onboarding, plus occasional conferences or other business travel.

Salary and Benefits

Salary range: USD 89,852 to 140,000 per year.
Pay listed: $89,852.57 - $140,000.00 per year.
Potential company stock options or equity may be available.
Benefits include: comprehensive medical insurance with PPO, HMO, and HDHP options (dependent coverage available), dental insurance, vision insurance, life and AD&D insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and Health Savings Account (HSA) for eligible HDHP enrollment.
Time off: generous paid time off and holiday schedules.
Retirement: 401(k) with company contribution and 401(k) matching.
Additional benefits listed: 401(k), 401(k) matching, health insurance, life insurance, paid time off.

Preferred Qualifications

Consulting or professional services experience performing transmission planning work for multiple utility or energy clients.
Integrated planning experience spanning transmission and adjacent grid-planning domains.
Experience with production cost modeling software.
Experience developing or automating transmission planning study workflows.
PE license.

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1mo ago

(Sr) Engineer I (II)

PJM Interconnection, LLC Audubon, PA

Audubon, PA

1mo ago Closed

Full time Electrical Engineering Senior Engineering

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 9, 2026).

Job Description

Coordinate interconnection engineering and project management activities that support reliability and adequacy for the PJM bulk power system in a hybrid role in Audubon, PA.

Responsibilities

Act as a liaison and build external interfaces between PJM and stakeholders, including transmission owners, generation and project developers, and other entities, for design and scheduling of new connections to the PJM bulk power system.
Develop and coordinate project work plans for generation and transmission system reinforcement projects spanning multiple customer needs across multiple transmission owner systems.
Provide project management support by establishing timelines and monitoring milestone and critical path progress from engineering design through signing of the interconnection service agreement.
Work proactively with other applicable PJM division members to coordinate system reinforcement requirements.
Coordinate, develop, and issue interconnection studies and agreements for generation and merchant transmission projects.
Monitor and analyze existing project management practices; promote development of new methods and adoption of improved or emerging progress monitoring technologies for construction activity development.
Develop and implement tactical plans aligned with the division/department strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or experience equivalent).
0-5 years of relevant experience: field experience with major substation and transmission line construction and maintenance, or experience in generation operations and construction and maintenance activities.
Ability to produce high-quality work products with strong attention to detail.
Experience performing quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Ability to apply mathematical and electrical theory.
Ability to troubleshoot and provide technical support.

Technology

PSS/e

Preferred

MS degree in Engineering
Experience with PJM operations, markets, and planning functions
Experience using PSS/e (power system analysis program)

Location: Audubon, PA (hybrid)

Company: PJM Interconnection, LLC

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