Senior Electrical Engineer (Power Generation / Gas-to-Power)

About the role

This is a hands-on role within Candid, an AI company focused on accelerating preconstruction engineering. The candidate will be responsible for delivering real electrical engineering on our FEL-2 and early-phase delivery work, ensuring quality through automated outputs, and shaping the product's future direction.

Responsibilities

• Do real electrical engineering on our FEL-2 and early-phase delivery work, owning the parts our software can't handle yet so projects ship
• Be the quality gate on Candid's automated electrical outputs: catch what's wrong before it reaches a client, and feed it back so the product gets sharper
• Define how electrical scope gets developed and validated through FEED on power and gas-to-power projects, and what "good" looks like
• Review and validate electrical deliverables across early-phase packages: single-lines, load lists, transformer and switchgear sizing, distribution architecture, grounding
• Build repeatable checks that catch inconsistencies across load assumptions, equipment requirements, and package interfaces
• Map where electrical rework happens, why it happens, and what inputs drive it
• Separate the steps that are genuinely repetitive from the ones that need real engineering judgment
• Help define the checks, workflows, and product requirements that let software take on the repetitive parts, with engineers in control

Requirements

• 7+ years at a large scale EPC, PMC, owner-operator, or utility, with most of it on power generation or gas-to-power
• Direct experience on combined cycle, simple cycle, gas-to-power, LNG, or cogeneration projects (not refining or petrochem only)
• Strong on power system architecture: GSU and station service transformers, MV/LV switchgear, MCCs, distribution, grounding
• Hands-on with power system study tools: ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, PSS/E, or similar (load flow, short circuit, coordination, arc flash)
• Familiarity with NEC/NFPA 70, IEEE, NESC, NERC, and IEC
• Working knowledge of grid interconnection and the switchyard interface
• Spot inconsistencies across load lists, single-lines, and vendor packages fast
• Clear understanding of cross-discipline dependencies
• You've outgrown the big-firm machine
• Bias to action over waiting for perfect

Qualifications

• Nice to have: discipline lead or technical authority experience, work on data center or behind-the-meter power campuses, brownfield tie-ins and constrained or islanded power systems, protection and relaying philosophy, or interconnection study experience, real interest in AI and automation

Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies

Benefits

• Meaningful base + equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision
• Up to $150/mo health and wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, and similar)

Pay

$100K - $250K

Schedule

Full-time