Power Systems Specialist - Grid Modeling; Tapestry

Power Systems Specialist - Grid Modeling (Tapestry)

Hardware Engineering Mountain View, CA (HQ)

Tapestry is Alphabet’s moonshot for the electric grid, working at the frontier where energy’s complexity meets AI’s potential. We were born at X, the innovation lab responsible for breakthrough technologies like Waymo, Verily and Google Brain.

To keep pace with humanity’s growing energy needs, the world needs a grid that is visible and understandable. We provide that clarity by building advanced, AI-enabled analytical and planning tools that allow the entire energy ecosystem to plan smarter, move faster, and operate more efficiently—ensuring electricity remains reliable and affordable for everyone.

This is a global effort. Tapestry is proud to support partners in the U.S., U.K., Chile, New Zealand, Australia and Brazil as they build a cleaner, more resilient energy future. Joining Tapestry allows you to do the best work of your life as part of a multidisciplinary team of experts in AI, energy systems, software engineering and product design—all collaborating to reshape energy on a global scale.

If you want to tackle problems that matter and build tools with real impact, we would love to meet you. Learn more about our team and our mission here .

Tapestry is building the digital backbone for the future of the electric grid. We are seeking a Power Systems Specialist with extensive background in grid modeling to advance our product to its next phase. Tapestry is at the forefront of building digital tools and software to help grid operators, utilities, and energy market participants construct, merge, modify, and work with a variety of grid models and formats to support a wide range of simulations and planning workflows from interconnection to long‑term expansion planning.

What we’re looking for is a talented individual to look beyond today’s grid models.

At Tapestry, the grid model is not just a technical input; it is the fundamental primitive upon which our platform is built. As the Power Systems Specialist (Grid Modeling) your mission is to define the strategic roadmap for a new class of grid intelligence—one that transcends traditional static limitations to incorporate dynamic environmental, economic, and operational context. You will operate at the frontier of applied science and product strategy, identifying high‑value data integrations, novel uses of artificial intelligence, and prototyping next‑generation capabilities that turn static infrastructure data into a living, predictive view of the grid.

This is a senior, individual contributor role for a visionary who sits at the intersection of Power Systems Engineering, Product Strategy, and Applied Data Science.

• Define the Grid Model of the Future: You will own the long‑term vision for how Tapestry helps partners and customers build the world’s best grid models. You will determine how we move beyond static electrical definitions to include dynamic contextual layers into a unified view and used by different types of simulations.
• Rapid Prototyping & Applied Science: You won't be writing production code, but you will go hands‑on. You will build proofs‑of‑concept (Python, Jupyter, lightweight web demos) to validate new features; you bridge the gap between "academic theory" and "commercial utility."
• Market Discovery: You will engage directly with grid operators, utilities, and ISOs. You will speak their language (literally and technically), creating deep feedback loops to understand challenges in current modeling workflows and identify leapfrog opportunities to help industry move towards new planning and grid model management paradigms.
• Data Strategy: You will identify and vet in‑house and third‑party data sources that can augment grid models. You will explore how to ingest, normalize, and correlate data to unlock new insights for our users.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership: You will act as a visionary leader for a cross‑functional squad. You will provide the domain context and architectural guidance that empowers our backend and frontend teams to build the right things, faster.

• A Domain Expert: You…