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But today’s renewable energy development process can’t move fast enough to meet global goals. Paces exists to change that. We are providing software and services to accelerate power development and unlocking one of the greatest opportunities of our time: transforming how infrastructure gets built and ensuring it’s built with renewable energy.\nOur Solution\nPaces is building the development engine for renewable infrastructure and power projects. We have built Agentic AI that automates early-stage due diligence and pairs it with in-house expertise to accelerate late-stage diligence. The result: projects move from siting to construction-ready in a fraction of the time. Our platform streamlines siting, interconnection, and permitting for renewable energy and data center developers, real estate firms, EV charging companies, and more.\nOur Team\nWe are building a team where people can proudly say their time at Paces is the most impactful, meaningful work of their career. 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We are looking for an exceptional Transmission Planning or Power Engineer to join our Solutions Engineering team, reporting directly to the Head of Success and Solutions.\nWhat You’ll Achieve\nPerform and interpret bulk transmission and interconnection analysis using commercial power flow software to pinpoint the best places to connect to the grid\nPerform and review transmission planning, power flow, and stability studies using commercial tools (PSSE, TARA, PSLF, PSCAD, etc.) - guiding teammates on best practices and elevating the quality of all analyses.\nEvaluate transmission system dynamics under high penetrations of renewables\nDevelop reasonable and technically supported study assumptions using the best available queue and grid upgrades datasets\nConsider the technical and commercial viability of new generation and large load projects by forecasting upgrade costs\nWork closely with the product and engineering teams to develop software solutions that enhance power system analysis at scale\nApply and expand your expertise in power systems and interconnection processes across different utilities and ISOs\nAct as the domain expert within Paces to shape internal methodologies and inform product development\nGeneralize power system principles and utility processes into scalable software applications and proprietary datasets\nRequirements\n 3+ years of experience in power system studies, transmission planning, or interconnection engineering at a consultant, developer, ISO/RTO, or utility.\nDeep familiarity with generator interconnection modeling in at least one major ISO/RTO (PJM, MISO, ERCOT, CAISO, WECC).\nProven ability to run and interpret power flow, stability, and upgrade cost studies; proficiency with tools like PSSE, TARA, PSLF, PSCAD.\nStrong quantitative chops and an instinct for spotting flawed assumptions.\nExperience mentoring or reviewing the work of junior engineers.\nComfortable being customer-facing, presenting results directly to external 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