Nrel
Integrated Grid Planning and Dynamics - Modeler/Analyst
Golden, CO · Full-time
No sponsorship$100k-$181kDetected 30 days ago
PythonCybersecurityIntellectual PropertySystems EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringAdaptabilityRenewable Energy
About the role
- Posting Title Integrated Grid Planning and Dynamics - Modeler/Analyst.
- Working at NLR NLR is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development.
- Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration.
Responsibilities
- Build, troubleshoot, and validate large-scale bulk/transmission power system models
- Design, develop and maintain co-simulation frameworks
- Perform analysis demonstrating the importance of technical capabilities.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of developers, engineers, and analysts
- Work with other staff to develop proposals and partnerships for funding opportunities
- Training, mentoring, and collaboration to build upon or learn new technical skills
Requirements
- Relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience.
- Or, relevant Master's Degree and 7 or more years of experience.
- Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 9 or more years of experience.
- Or, relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience.
- Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience.
- Additional Required Qualifications
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Security Clearance.
- Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen.
- Experience with commercial power system power flow software such as Powerworld, PSS/E, or similar
- Applies extensive engineering technical expertise, and has full knowledge of other related disciplines
- Proven expertise with developing, modeling, troubleshooting, and in-depth analysis with power system dynamics (phasor, RMS) and large-scale EMT simulations using widely-used commercial software tools including Powerworld, EMTP, PSS/E, PSCAD, and DIgSILENT
- Experience automating, conducting, and visualizing engineering analyses for large-scale grids, including N-1, N-1-1, and N-k contingencies; frequency response; and multiple stability criteria for both strong and weak grids
- Experience developing and validating dynamic and transient models for both grid-forming and grid-following IBRs with a variety of energy sources, including solar, wind, and storage
- Familiarity with distribution modeling using widely-used tools such as OpenDSS, CYME, and Synergi
Nice to have
- Experience with production cost modeling tools, such as PLEXOS-LT or Sienna, and their interactions with power flow models
- Experience automating, conducting, and visualizing engineering analyses for large-scale grids, including N-1, N-1-1, and N-k contingencies
- frequency response
- and multiple stability criteria for both strong and weak grids
- Experience troubleshooting and adapting system-scale models for convergence, particularly for future scenarios with extensive changes to the generator fleet and wide-spread transmission expansion
- Experience with software development for scripting and automation of such analyses, particularly in Python, Julia, or Rust
- Experience with multi-model and co-simulation frameworks such as HELICS
- Experience with resilience analysis to both natural hazards and man-made threats.
Skills
- A collaborative, supportive, flexible, and fun work environment
- Interesting work where you don't do the same thing every day
- Projects, professional development, and growth opportunities to help you meet your career goals
- A professional environment that encourages innovation and imaginative thinking to understand and plan the future electric power system
- Adaptable schedule to promote work-life balance.
Compensation
- In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
- $100,400 - $180,700
- Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual
- $83,600 - $150,500
- NLR takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees.
Benefits
- Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
- Benefits Summary
- Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement.
- Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.
Equal opportunity
- Employer
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic partner status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.
- Reasonable Accommodations
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Visa & Work Authorization
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Security Clearance
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