Power Engineer

In the next 30 years, the world will transform every part of the built environment to be climate positive green infrastructure. Knowing what, where, and how to build infrastructure like solar farms is one of the great opportunities of our time. However, there are problems!

The Problem

80% of clean energy projects that developers start never actually get built because most projects are started without deep due diligence on zoning and interconnection due to the cost of collecting that data. This means $17B worth of canceled projects per year.

Our Solution

Paces is software for green infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects. First we collect environmental, permitting, zoning, energy grid data from various different sources; then we analyze the data and use AI to identify the best places for developers to build their next projects.

Our Team

We are building a team where people can proudly say their time at Paces is the most impactful, meaningful work of their career. Our amazing team in Brooklyn, New York includes incredible team members from tech companies like Facebook, AWS, DataDog, and Rent the Runway as well as from industry leaders like NexAmp, Total Energies, Tesla, and NASA.

Paces is growing rapidly and looking for exceptional people to join who want to have a massive positive climate impact while building a great culture! We are looking for a Power Engineer to join our Product team, reporting directly to the Head of Product.

🏆 What You’ll Achieve

• Perform and interpret bulk transmission and interconnection analysis using commercial power flow software to pinpoint the best places to connect to the grid

• Evaluate transmission system dynamics under high penetrations of renewables

• Develop reasonable and technically supported study assumptions using the best available queue and grid upgrades datasets

• Consider the technical and commercial viability of new generation and large load projects by forecasting upgrade costs

• Work closely with the product and engineering teams to develop software solutions that enhance power system analysis at scale

• Apply and expand your expertise in power systems and interconnection processes across different utilities and ISOs

• Act as the domain expert within Paces to shape internal methodologies and inform product development

• Generalize power system principles and utility processes into scalable software applications and proprietary datasets

📈 Requirements

• 3-7 years of formal experience in power system studies, transmission planning, or interconnection engineering at consultant, developer, or utility

• Deep familiarity with generator interconnection modeling in at least one major ISO/RTO (e.g., PJM, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO, WECC, etc.)

• Strong quantitative ability and understanding of transmission studies; experience with TARA/PSSE or similar software

• Ability to think beyond traditional engineering approaches and contribute to product innovation

• Extremely ambitious and passionate about creating value through creative, iterative thinking and automation

✨ About You

You will thrive in our culture if you:

• You love deep in person collaboration

• You get a thrill out of learning fast and teaching others

• You have a strong bias towards action and are always looking for better ways to automate tedious tasks

🚀 Bonus Points

• Previous experience at a high-growth, fast-paced startup

• Previous experience with GIS

• Scripting skills in Python

💰 Compensation and Benefits

• $130,000 - 150,000 annual compensation

• Competitive equity compensation

• 401(k) match

• Health, dental and vision insurance

• Paid company holidays & PTO

• Hybrid work in the office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ~3x per week

☀️ About Paces

Paces is software for green infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects.

🛠️ If you’re a builder who wants to actively construct a more climate positive future, join us!

We are enabling the climate optimum use for all the world’s land and are throughout leaders in the evolving data center and renewables markets.

🗺️ We are enabling the climate optimum use for all the world’s land and are thought leaders in the evolving data center and renewables markets.

🌞 We have world class customers and are growing!

📢 We've raised +$13M led by Navitas Capital and Resolute Ventures and Y Combinator.