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Postdoctoral AI Researcher in Power Systems

Upton, NY · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$70k-$85kDetected 5 days ago
GitDockerCI/CDMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchNLPLLMsAI OrchestrationElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsResearch

About the role

  • The Energy and Photon Science Directorate advances basic science that underpins discoveries and breakthroughs for energy systems.
  • The successful candidate will contribute to the development of next-generation AI foundation models and AI-enabled workflows for electric applications.
  • In particular, the position focuses on advancing GridFM, a grid foundation model for power systems.

Responsibilities

  • Create benchmarks and test developed models
  • Some experience developing Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), Graph Transformers, or foundation-model architectures.
  • Familiarity with multi-agent systems and decision-support applications.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have completed all degree requirements by the commencement of employment.
  • Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Experience with mathematical optimization, mixed-integer programming, stochastic optimization, or decision analytics.
  • Experience with LLM-based workflows, tool-calling agents, MCP architectures, retrieval systems, or AI copilots.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Skills

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
  • Strong background in machine learning and deep learning.
  • Experience with PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks.
  • Familiarity with model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment.
  • Understanding of uncertainty quantification, model robustness, and physics-informed AI.
  • Experience with GPU computing and large-scale model training.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research.
  • Familiarity with distributed computing, HPC environments, and cloud platforms.
  • Experience building production-quality software and ML pipelines.
  • Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and reproducible workflows.
  • Experience developing APIs and workflow orchestration systems.
  • Experience optimizing AI workloads for performance and scalability.

Compensation

  • Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation.
  • The full salary range for this position is $70,200 - $85,000/ year.
  • You will be placed at the level and salary commensurate with your experience.
  • Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate's qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.

Benefits

  • Develop scalable graph-based machine learning or related models
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to employee success and we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive.

Company info

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
  • Guided by our core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, respect, and teamwork, Brookhaven Science Associates is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Vets/Disabled. We are committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment that fuels scientific discovery. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
  • BSA employees are subject to restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation at the time of hire for review by Brookhaven. The full text of the Order may be found at: https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0486.1-BOrder-a/@@images/file
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future.
  • Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research.
  • The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science.
  • Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE.
  • BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University.
  • BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  • Guided by our core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, respect, and teamwork, Brookhaven Science Associates is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Vets/Disabled.
  • We are committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment that fuels scientific discovery.
  • We consider all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
  • All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
  • We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
  • Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
  • BSA employees are subject to restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A.
  • You will be asked to disclose any such participation at the time of hire for review by Brookhaven.
  • The full text of the Order may be found at: https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0486.1-BOrder-a/@@images/file
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