Driven By Impact: Networking Best Practices!

Driven By Impact 🌱

Edition 76: October 17, 2024

Climate Networking 101!

📢 FREE WORKSHOP! 📢 

Navigating the climate job market can be daunting, especially with many companies being startups, job opportunities spread across diverse industries, and numerous roles filled through networking.

So, how do you best position your job search to land a climate job?

To garner interest for our upcoming 4-hour Climate Career Boot Camp, co-hosted with Terra.do, we’re excited to invite you to a FREE teaser workshop on networking best practices!

In this workshop, you will learn:

💬 How to lead your search with a networking-first approach

🔑 The keys to building confidence and gaining essential tools to connect with industry leaders and create meaningful professional relationships

🌍 Climate-specific resources and templates

Join us in 2 weeks on 10/29 at 12 PM EST to discover effective networking strategies, ask any questions, and see if the boot camp is the right course for you!

🌎 WHAT: Monthly Climate Job Search Webinar
🗓️ WHEN: 10/22 @ 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/p76kfyae
👤WHO: Job Seekers

🌎 WHAT: Climate Startup Recruiting Foundations
🗓️ WHEN: 11/13 @ 12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/HiringFoundations-Nov2024
👤WHO: Hiring Managers

🌎 WHAT: Climate Career Advancement: Strengthening Your Personal Brand
🗓️ WHEN: 11/20 @ 10 am EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/fmehebdg
👤WHO: Job Seekers

→ We’re cohosting a course with Terra.do on climate careers - we have two sessions coming up in November and December! Learn more.

→ Hiring at a climate tech start-up can be difficult. Here’s our hub of resources for hiring managers and founders!

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

→ Looking for climate events to attend? Climate Drift put together this comprehensive calendar!

→ Climatebase just announced San Francisco Climate Week 2025! Learn more in their LinkedIn post!

→ Looking to up your networking game? This LinkedIn creator suggests starting a podcast and interviewing the game changers in your industry. Read how.

GRID MONITORING WITH GRIDWARE

Gridware is revolutionizing the power grid with its innovative smart sensors that give utility companies real-time visibility into outages and disruptions. By attaching their sensors to utility poles, Gridware enables utilities to pinpoint the locations of outages without manual inspections, streamlining response times during critical situations. Their technology operates independently of the grid using solar power, ensuring continuous functionality even during power outages. With a proven ability to detect issues like wildfires and downed power lines, Gridware's data-driven approach enhances grid resilience. It proactively prevents disasters, positioning it as a game-changer in the energy sector.

🪴 SENIOR EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
➵ Gridware, a fast-growing grid-resiliency company in San Francisco, seeks an Embedded Software Engineer to develop firmware for their microcontroller platform, helping prevent grid-ignited wildfires. You will solve power, communication, and signal processing challenges, develop C++ drivers for sensors, and optimize data processing in resource-limited environments. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of embedded software experience, strong C/C++ knowledge, and are comfortable working across hardware, firmware, and software domains. Experience with Python, Git, Linux, and debugging tools like oscilloscopes is essential.

🪴 SENIOR FULL STACK SOFTWARE ENGINEER
➵ Gridware, a grid-resiliency company in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop scalable software systems that process real-time data from grid monitoring sensors. You'll work on full-stack development, building systems for device control, observability, and customer-facing features. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of Python backend experience, cloud-based application development (AWS preferred), and proficiency with React, TypeScript, SQL, and observability tools. Experience with event-driven architectures, containerization, and APIs is key.

🪴 SENIOR DATA ENGINEER
➵ Gridware, a fast-growing grid-resiliency company in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design and optimize data pipelines for real-time grid monitoring systems. You'll handle large-scale sensor data, ensure data integrity, and collaborate with various teams to meet data requirements. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of data engineering experience, proficiency in SQL, Python, big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), and experience with Databricks and Grafana.

🪴 COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER
➵ We are partnering with a company focused on accelerating the transition to a reliable, decarbonized grid through software solutions for grid operators, utilities, and renewable energy developers. They are seeking a computational software engineer to build cloud-based solutions that streamline grid study processes and accelerate renewable energy deployment. Key skills include Python, C++ (preferred), and experience with high-performance numerical products and cloud environments. Familiarity with power systems and numerical methods is a plus. This hybrid role is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

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