JOB-1677
A venture-backed startup is bringing AI to environmental planning and permitting for energy and infrastructure projects in the United States. This role sits between domain expertise and product: the person hired reviews work going to real customers and teaches the underlying system to get better.
Responsibilities
- Check project work products, such as ecological studies, permit reviews and screening reports on key issues, for accuracy, sourcing and polish before customers receive them
- Investigate unanswered questions on environmental rules and approvals using official agency and rule-making materials at municipal, state and national levels
- Scrutinize machine-generated conclusions and fix claims that lack evidence, leave gaps or point readers the wrong way
- Feed your knowledge into the company’s rules library and product behavior: draft prompts, revise logic and outline enhancements for the developers
- Appraise actual project locations for ecological, zoning and approval risks as part of the diligence and development materials delivered to customers
What you bring
- Two to five years of environmental planning, permitting or regulatory research for energy or infrastructure projects
- Breadth across permit types and jurisdictions, often from a small or mid-size firm or a developer’s siting team
- Clear, accurately cited writing; a writing sample is part of the process
- Fluent, discerning use of AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT
- A degree in environmental science, planning, law or a similar field, plus NEPA/CEQA or GIS familiarity, is a plus
- Ambition to move past the traditional consulting path
Hybrid in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the office about three days a week. Visa transfers and new sponsorship are both possible.
