Intersect Power

Senior High Voltage Power Engineer

Intersect Power

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • Colorado • United States

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Salary

💰 $220,000 - $260,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Direct the design, coordination, and technical oversight of high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) systems across different technology and resources such as solar, wind, battery storage, datacenter, and natural gas projects.
  • Set the strategy for utility interconnection, optimize complex substation and transmission designs, and support projects from early development through financing, construction, and commissioning.
  • Provide ongoing technical support to Operations and compliance, ensuring assets perform reliably throughout their lifecycle.
  • Collaborate closely with Development, Permitting, Construction, Finance, Operations, and external EPCs, utilities, and consultants.

Requirements

  • 15+ years total experience, with significant time spent in a technical leadership or management capacity.
  • Extensive experience in clean energy project development, including interconnection, owner’s engineering/IE oversight, EPC management, and commercial negotiations.
  • Deep experience leading HV substation/collector design (34.5-500 kV) at a developer, EoR, or EPC.
  • Experience delivering utility-scale projects through energization.
  • Proven ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams and external consultants/contractors.
  • Strong understanding of HV transmission, substation equipment, MV distribution, metering, relaying, and SCADA/plant controllers.
  • Technical expertise in power system design, optimization, and studies.
  • Understanding of interconnection processes in ERCOT and similar markets.
  • Advanced knowledge of steady-state modeling tools such as ETAP, SKP, or DigSILENT.
Benefits
  • 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision
  • Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year)
  • Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning support via Carrot and Maven
  • Free access to Spring Health which includes 5 free Therapy & psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+
  • 3% non-elective employer contribution to your 401k or RRSP, ensuring your financial future is on the right track
  • $150 monthly food stipend
  • $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone/ internet
  • Pet insurance allowance
  • Full home office setup and free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly paid company credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
high-voltage systemsmedium-voltage systemsclean energy project developmentHV substation designutility-scale projectspower system designsteady-state modelinginterconnection processesEPC managementcommercial negotiations
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmanagement capacitycross-functional team leadershipcollaborationcommunication