Transmission Development Lead
About The Position
American Terawatt is building a new industrial electric grid for the United States, engaging in power development at a national scale. The company designs and deploys advanced power transmission systems, serving large industrial loads of hundreds of megawatts. These systems deliver electric power to AI datacenters, automated manufacturing, refineries, mines, and more. American Terawatt aims to make interconnection fast, simple, and cheap, enabling generation owners to bring projects online faster and deliver abundant power at competitive prices. The network's backbone is based on long-distance HVDC transmission, utilizing software-defined ‘Macrogrids’ that actively manage local transmission between generation, storage, and loads.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience advancing complex energy infrastructure projects through multiple stages of development, including origination, diligence, interconnection, permitting, commercial structuring, and execution.
- Track record of personally owning meaningful development workstreams and driving projects toward commercial or investment decisions — not simply analyzing opportunities.
- Strong understanding of project economics and experience building or evaluating financial models for large-scale energy infrastructure projects.
- Working knowledge of grid interconnection, transmission development, permitting, utility coordination, and realistic project delivery timelines.
- Experience navigating complex projects involving multiple external counterparties, regulatory requirements, and competing technical and commercial constraints.
Nice To Haves
- Background at an independent power producer, transmission developer, utility, energy infrastructure developer, or energy team within a large technology company.
- Existing relationships with utilities, RTOs/ISOs, generation owners, developers, or other power-market participants.
- Direct experience developing high-voltage transmission, substations, generation interconnection, or other bulk-power infrastructure.
- Familiarity with HVDC transmission or long-distance bulk power infrastructure development.
Responsibilities
- Identify and advance transmission development opportunities based on power availability, interconnection potential, permitting feasibility, project economics, and suitability for American Terawatt’s broader transmission network.
- Lead diligence across grid interconnection, transmission routing, permitting, land, power availability, and project delivery timelines, developing a clear view of what is achievable in practice — not just what is reflected in studies and documentation.
- Work directly with utilities, RTOs/ISOs, generation owners, landowners, developers, and large-load customers to advance projects and secure the agreements and rights needed for development.
- Evaluate alternative development pathways and make tradeoffs across schedule, cost, interconnection risk, permitting, constructability, and commercial value.
- Develop project economics and support the commercial structuring and negotiation of transmission development opportunities.
- Identify critical development risks early and proactively drive them toward resolution.
- Partner closely with engineering, project management, procurement, legal, and commercial teams to move transmission projects from early-stage opportunity through development and toward construction.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, including salary and equity participation.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including 75% coverage for dependents and spouses.
- Up to $300/month reimbursement for gym and wellness expenses, or Bay Club membership for SF-based employees.
- Lunch provided daily when working from the office.
- Unlimited PTO with manager approval.
- Company-wide office closures for one week in June and one week in December.
- Apple laptop provided.
- Convenient SF office near the Embarcadero and public transit.
- Employee contribution 401(k) program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
