Jupiter Power is an energy infrastructure company focused on the development, construction, and operation of energy storage assets in wholesale electricity markets. The Jupiter team has a long history of successful ventures in the power industry and commenced development of both its project pipeline and proprietary software technology in 2017. In 2019 Jupiter partnered with a leading private equity firm to roll out its project portfolio and will be constructing its first assets this year.

Jupiter seeks to grow its team with the recruitment of a highly motivated power industry specialist(s) for our wholesale market activities. Responsibilities include understanding transmission system in various ISOs and performing necessary analysis to support commercial activities, primarily focused on power flow analysis but not limited to, market simulation, locational marginal price (LMP) analysis, renewable integration studies, and evaluation of the impact of market rule changes on these forecasts and analyses in the Eastern Interconnect and WECC regions. The successful candidate will play a critical role for a company that is at the leading edge of energy storage deployment in wholesale markets. This individual is expected to apply ‘best-in-class’ principles and processes to advance the Jupiter Power’s platform and value proposition.

• Perform necessary studies such as load flow to evaluate available transmission capacity and assist projects’ siting related activities.
• Manage and/or complete interconnection applications and supporting documentation in various ISOs
• Lead communications and build relationships with utilities/ISO’s, and serve as Jupiter’s liaison on generator interconnection process and transmission planning activities with RTOs
• Participate in meetings related to regional planning to track and understand transmission/generation changes driven by regional reliability or public policies in various ISOs
• Lead in various pre-operational activities such as registration as market participants in related ISOs, NERC and asset registration to advance projects’ targeted COD
• Provide support to Engineering team to review project engineering drawings and advance projects commissioning and testing process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 2 years’ Experience with load flow studies and experience with using PSSE, TARA or Powerworld.
• Excellent communication skills and project management skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and making business decisions with limited information
• Eager to wear multiple hats depending on business need and project priorities
• High comfort level with small teams & organizations, with the curiosity and enthusiasm to innovate and formulate new ideas and to bring the best out of co-workers.
• Unafraid to take ownership and initiative, in order to be to be effective within a highly motivated, fast-moving team.
• (Preferred) Familiarity with energy storage technologies and deployments
• (Preferred) Experience in transmission planning, market analysis, trading or operations experience for utility, IPP, ISO, trader, consultancy or related organization
• (Preferred) Knowledge of real-time, day-ahead and FTR/CRR markets

Benefits

Compensation and benefits offered will be commensurate with the experience and qualifications of the candidate. The role will be based in Austin, TX or Chicago, IL.