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Graduate (Year-Round) Intern – Transmission System Operation and Optimization

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CO - Golden

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Intern (Fixed Term)

Hours Per Week

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Job Description

The sensing and predictive analytics group in the NREL Power System Engineering Center has an opening for a Graduate Student Researcher focusing on transmission system modeling, operation and optimization. The successful candidate will work with researchers from NREL, industry and academia on an exciting SETO funded project which aims to develop and demonstrate grid optimization and control solutions to dispatch inverter-based resources (IBRs) in transmission system to provide grid services.

The main tasks include:

Develop utility partner’s transmission system network in PSS/E, including the IBR plant model.
Develop emulated EMS to mimic the operational routines at utility partner and interact with our grid operation and control solution to procure flexibilities from IBRs.
Develop the RSCAD model by converting PSS/E model and make modifications to make the RSCAD model match with the PSS/E model.
Program HELICS framework using python and integrate all the federates (simulation software, forecasting algorithm, control algorithm and emulated EMS) together.
Support laboratory controller hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setup configuration (e.g., communication configuration and datapoints mapping).

Preferred intern period will be October 2023 to September 2024. If not, six months are also desirable. The starting date is negotiable, and the intern needs to be onsite. Working 40 hours per week is strongly preferred. This will be a great opportunity for the student to learn and put hands on modeling, coding, software integration and HIL testing etc.

Basic Qualifications

Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree program, or graduated in the past 12 months from an accredited institution. Internship period cannot exceed 12 months past graduation. Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

Please Note:

You will need to upload official or unofficial school transcripts as part of the application process.
If selected for position, a letter of recommendation will be required as part of the hiring process.

Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

Candidates should have research experience in power systems engineering (operation and control).
Candidates should have experience with transmission transient dynamic modeling, preferably using PSS/E and/or RSCAD.
Candidates must have a strong foundation in coding, particularly with Python.

Preferred Qualifications

Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)

Job Profile: Graduate II / Annual Salary Range: $41,600 - $66,600

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Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; and sick leave (where required by law). NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Internships projected to be less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for medical, dental, or vision benefits.

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FUNDING

Nonprofit

SENIORITY LEVEL REQUIREMENT

Early

INDUSTRY

Energy & Utilities

TEAM SIZE

1001-5000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Golden, CO

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