Civil Development Engineer, 7+ years experience
Intersect
High Voltage Engineer
Intersect
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Colorado, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $182,000 - $208,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Lead the design, coordination, and technical oversight of high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) systems across solar, wind, and battery storage projects
- Drive utility interconnection, optimize substation and transmission designs, and support projects from early development through financing, construction, and commissioning
- Provide ongoing technical support to Operations, ensuring assets perform reliably throughout their lifecycle
- Collaborate with Development, Permitting, Construction, Finance, Operations, and external EPCs, utilities, and consultants
Requirements
- 8-10 years total, including >=4 years in clean energy project development (interconnection, owner’s engineering/IE oversight, EPC management, commercial negotiations) and >=4 years leading HV substation/collector design (345-500 kV) at a developer, IE/OE, or EPC, delivered ≥3 utility-scale projects through energization; led 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
- Experience managing interconnection study processes in ERCOT and CAISO, with the ability to review and challenge study results
- Advanced knowledge of steady-state modeling tools such as ETAP, SKP, or DigSILENT
- Hands-on experience collaborating with EPCs and utilities during design and construction phases
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to drive multiple projects in parallel
- Solid Excel skills and familiarity with system design trade-offs, cost drivers, and construction challenges
- Experience creating specifications and designs for HV transmission and substation equipment, or managing contracting/construction of HV facilities
- Successfully advanced 5+ projects through CAISO, ERCOT, or SPP interconnection processes, ideally across multiple markets and through implementation (pre-EPC through COD)
- Proven ability to lead preparation and review of interconnection applications and dynamic models for utility-scale projects
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
- Free access to Ginger coaching and counseling, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation
- 3% non-elective employer contribution to your 401k or RRSP
- $150 monthly food stipend, pet insurance allowance, and full home office setup
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
HV system designMV system designutility interconnectionsubstation designpower system designsteady-state modelinginterconnection study processesspecifications creationdynamic models preparationproject management
Soft skills
organizational skillsleadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solving
