Driven By Impact: 2025 Climate Job Market Predictions

Driven By Impact 🌱

Edition 83: December 12, 2024

2025 Climate Job Market Predictions

While we don’t have a crystal ball, we brought together three incredible speakers from across the climate jobs landscape to reflect on 2024 and share their predictions for the 2025 climate job market.

In this webinar, we explored:

• The impact of the political landscape, including the Trump administration, on climate careers

• Shifting dialogues and employer expectations

• The roles and skills that are staying in high demand

• Practical tips to prepare for your 2025 job search

Featuring: 

• Brendan Andersen – Founder, Climate People

• Caroline Rubach – Associate Director, Daversa Partners

• Antoinette West – Senior Manager of Career Pathways, Elemental Impact  

Don’t miss this insightful conversation—catch the full recording now!

🌎 WHAT: MCJ + Climate People: The Power of Focused Networking
🗓️ WHEN: 1/8/2025 at 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/35a69muq
👤WHO: Job Seekers

🌎 WHAT: Climate Start Up Recruiting Foundations
🗓️ WHEN: 1/15/2025 at 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/HiringFoundations-Jan2025
👤WHO: Founders/Hiring Managers

🌎 WHAT: Purpose to Pay: Tricks to Get to the Top of the Pile
🗓️ WHEN: 1/24/2025 at 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/PurposetoPay2
👤WHO: Job Seekers

→ Yesterday, we co-hosted a “2025 Climate Job Market Predictions” event with MCJ Collective. Check out the recording here!

→ Earlier this month we were featured in an article by Enduring Planet. Check out this blog to learn the importance of creating a concrete hiring plan for your climate start-up.

→ Missed last week’s edition? It was a jam-packed one! Check it out here.

→ Mark your calendars for April! Riffle Ventures just announced the first-ever DC Climate Week! Learn more here.

→ Climate is a new industry that requires a lot of boots-on-the-ground work. Here are Generalist World’s principles for those who want to use their careers to build instead of climb. Check it out!

→ On a recent webinar, a candidate suggested the “Never Search Alone” book for job searching. We’ve heard tons of great success stories from this resource — Dive deeper!

🪴 PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER
➵ We’re partnering with a fast-growing grid-resiliency company in San Francisco, backed by top investors, to hire a Principal Software Engineer. You'll develop scalable, full-stack systems to process real-time sensor data and enhance grid reliability. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in Python backend development, experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), event-driven architectures, and proficiency in SQL, GraphQL, React, and TypeScript, plus familiarity with observability tools and Linux environments.

🪴 DIRECTOR OF HARDWARE PRODUCTS
➵ We’re excited to partner with Gridware, a fast-growing grid-resiliency company in San Francisco, backed by top climate-tech investors. Gridware’s advanced sensing technology safeguards the electrical grid, mitigating risks like wildfires and outages. They’re seeking a Hardware Product Manager to own the hardware product lifecycle, fast-track development, and innovate reliable solutions. Ideal candidates have 4-10 years in hardware product management (6-7 years preferred), an engineering degree, and experience with utility or sensor-based hardware products. This role requires strong problem-solving skills and in-person collaboration in San Francisco 2-3 days a week.

🪴 SENIOR ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - R&D
➵ We’re excited to partner with Gridware, a fast-growing grid-resiliency company in San Francisco, backed by leading climate-tech investors. Gridware’s advanced sensing technology protects the electrical grid, mitigating risks like wildfires and outages. They’re hiring an Electrical Research Engineer to develop novel sensing technologies for their flagship product. The role involves prototyping low-power sensing systems, building data acquisition infrastructure, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have 4+ years of experience with physical sensing, embedded data acquisition, PCB design, and analog circuit design, along with strong fundamentals in electromagnetism.

🪴 SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
➵ Join a profitable, remote-first startup revolutionizing renewable energy projects by helping developers connect to the grid faster, reducing emissions in the process. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work directly with the CTO to design and build backend services, tackle infrastructure challenges, and contribute to product development. We're seeking a mission-driven engineer with 5+ years of experience (Python, pandas, GraphQL, React, TypeScript) who’s excited about climate tech, learning how the grid works, and thriving in the fast-paced, ever-changing environment of a growing startup.

That's all for this edition! Thanks for doing your part in mobilizing a workforce transition to work on climate!