Transmission Planning Engineer

Nira Energy is a software and data analytics company focused on accelerating the clean energy transition by streamlining the grid interconnection process. The company delivers ISO-accurate capacity and cost data tools that help renewable energy developers, transmission planning engineers, utility teams, and Independent System Operators (ISOs) de-risk interconnection studies and make faster, more confident siting and queue decisions. By replicating ERIS and NRIS interconnection studies with high fidelity, Nira Energy enables its customers to identify cost discrepancies, avoid false positives, and reduce expensive upgrade risks before committing capital to projects. Nira Energy's mission is centered on enabling efficient grid transformation to support the large-scale deployment of clean energy. The platform has modeled over 700 gigawatts of projects and has helped uncover more than five billion dollars in cost discrepancies for customers, with over 100 developers relying on its tools. The company was built by engineers with direct experience at ISOs, utilities, and leading energy developers, giving its methodology a level of technical credibility and alignment that distinguishes it from approximation-based alternatives. What makes Nira Energy unique is its commitment to transparency and ISO-aligned methodology, providing stakeholders across the energy value chain with a shared, accurate view of interconnection data. This approach reduces information asymmetry between developers and grid operators, ultimately helping more clean energy projects reach operation faster and with less wasted capital.

The Company  
Nira is a software company with a mission of accelerating the integration of large-scale 
renewable energy projects. Developers of solar, wind, and energy storage projects use 
Nira’s software to find the best locations to site their projects and help manage them 
through the queue. Nira’s software products simplify complex and niche electrical 
engineering concepts that would otherwise lead most renewable energy projects to be 
cancelled after significant investment.

In less than five years, Nira has solidified a track record of success a with a growing, 
and profitable, 25+ employee company. They’ve established an extremely reputable 
brand and have a rapidly growing customer base. The opportunity to join such an early 
stage, yet risk-reduced, software company in growth mode is a rare opportunity.  
 
Job Description  
Nira is hiring Transmission Planning Engineers to join the product team comprised of 
half planning engineers and half software engineers. In this role, you’ll work with other 
planning engineers and software engineers to build products that help renewable 
developers put together successful project portfolios. Specifically, you’ll:  
• Focus on deepening and expanding your transmission planning and generator 
interconnection studies subject matter expertise. 
• Work with software engineers and product managers to codify your domain 
knowledge into Nira’s software products’ backend. 
• Support the full product life cycle including product ideation, research and 
development, coding, sales support, customer support, and product 
maintenance. 
 
Who We’re Looking For  
This could be a great fit if: 
• You have experience with generation interconnection related studies. You 
have 2+ years of hands on experience with tools like TARA, PSS/E, Power 
World, Python, etc.; and you already have a sense of what data renewable 
developers need to build a portfolio of successful projects. 
• You’re motivated by having ownership in your work. You take initiative on 
projects and have a strong preference to be a trailblazer. Or when the "trail" is 
given to you, you are motivated to challenge it and ensure it's the best trail every 
step of the way. 
• You’re ready to roll up your sleeves for the team, and no task is beneath 
you. Sometimes the work isn’t always sexy, but you’re down to do it anyway if it 
means advancing the mission and providing value to our customers. 
• You want to level up your software engineering skills. The power of Nira 
comes from codifying our transmission planning knowledge! You’ll work directly 
with an extremely talented group of software engineers to create products. If you 
like to code, this is the highest value opportunity in the space to grow this skillset. 
• You’re low ego. You may have strong opinions, but you hold them loosely. You 
challenge your instincts, are data driven, and aren’t scared to be wrong. You 
seek to find the best solutions for our customers even if it runs counter to your 
initial thinking.  
 
Why Nira?  
Nira is a mission-oriented company that places a strong emphasis on a positive work 
culture. They have built a world class team of software engineers and transmission 
planning engineers, and you'll be working amongst a team of all stars.

 
The company is growing exponentially, and the opportunity for professional growth is 
huge. The organization is flat, the leadership is transparent, and you get full exposure to 
seeing what it takes to go from 0 to 1 with product development and business in 
general.

This is also an opportunity to get equity in an early-stage startup with rare momentum.  

Compensation

180-220k base, and equity.