Raydar
Environmental Planning Engineer
$120K–$200K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 19, 2026
- Experience
- 2 to 5 years of environmental planning, permitting, or regulatory research experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa transfers and new visa sponsorships are supported.
About the job
Reviews environmental planning deliverables and AI-generated findings, researches permitting questions, and helps improve the product’s prompts, rules, and regulatory knowledge.
What you'll do
- Review environmental analyses, permit assessments, and critical-issues screens; identify unsupported or incomplete AI conclusions.
- Research regulatory and permitting questions across local, state, and federal sources, and assess environmental, land-use, and permitting risks for infrastructure sites.
- Work with product and engineering teams to update prompts, rules, and regulatory knowledge.
What they ask for
- 2 to 5 years of environmental planning, permitting, or regulatory research experience.
- Hands-on energy or infrastructure project due diligence.
- Breadth across permit types, jurisdictions, and regulations.
- Ability to produce clear, accurately cited analysis and provide a writing sample; discerning use of AI tools and careful quality review.
Nice to have
- Environmental consulting or energy developer experience.
- NEPA/CEQA, permit-matrix, critical-issues, or GIS experience; degree in environmental science, planning, law, or a related analytical field.
Pay
USD 120,000 to 200,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
AI
AI focus
Reviews AI-generated environmental findings for unsupported or incomplete conclusions and helps improve prompts, rules, and regulatory knowledge.
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