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About the Role
Octopus is a rapidly growing, global energy business seeking a grid analyst passionate about understanding and designing electricity grids. This role offers an exciting opportunity to utilize and develop superb tools to inform commercial decisions and shape the energy system for participants globally.
Responsibilities
- Map, analyze, and model grids across various markets.
- Analyze and provide insights to inform capex strategy, prioritizing non-wire solutions.
- Perform techno-economic and electrical power flow modeling to define optimal resource mix against specific objectives.
- Conduct technical assessments of solutions for grid quality and stability issues, focusing on non-wire solutions.
- Support the team in reviewing and designing grid investment plans or Integrated Resource Plans for technical sign-off.
- Analyze grid constraints and provide insights on grid connection queues.
- Expand into commercial modeling.
Requirements
- Strong background in energy systems or an educational background in electrical engineering or power system modeling.
- Advanced power flow modeling expertise (PSCAD, PSSE, PowerFactory, PandaPower) and knowledge of non-linear optimization.
- Ability to run or develop deterministic physics-based grid modeling tools.
- Knowledge of linear, economic modeling (e.g., Plexos) is a plus.
- Experience with DERs, medium and high voltage grids, and utility-scale energy projects.
- Deep understanding of energy economics and grid infrastructure principles.
- Ability to generate insights from large and complex sets of energy data and metrics.
- Proactively seek and find data, and iterate quickly.
- Natural curiosity and passion for grid and energy transition.
- Inquisitive and seek to understand the true requirements of a problem with a business and user mindset.
- Excellent technical communicator, able to present results to a non-technical audience.
- Preference for simple, reliable tools over complex frameworks.
- Collaborative, able to take inputs from and provide outputs to many teams.
- Proactive, able to develop tools and capabilities to answer business questions with minimal guidance.
Skills
- Python
- Databricks
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Streamlit
- Airflow
- Circle CI
- Parquet
- Delta
- S3
- Spark
- DBT
- SparkSQL
- PSCAD
- PSSE
- PowerFactory
- PandaPower
- Plexos
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- Senior-level
Education Level
- Degree in electrical engineering or power system modeling
Salary/Compensations
- Salary discussed during recruitment process
Benefits
- Opportunity to shape the energy system
- Work on projects that break new ground
- UK's top company to work for in 2025
- Ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026
- Perks that employees care about
- Customizable interview process
About the Company
- Octopus is a rapidly growing, global energy business.
- Became the largest household supplier in the UK.
- Scaling businesses in renewable generation, domestic flexibility, domestic heat pumps, and public EV charging.
- Operating dozens of businesses in over 30 countries.
- Unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quicker.
- Organization where people work with autonomy.
- Focus on rewarding hard work with relevant perks.
Equal Opportunity
- As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute.
- Commitment to providing equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
- Encourage applications from individuals who may not meet 100% of the job requirements.
- Seeking genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic.