Job Title: Grid Modeling Researcher
Location: Houston, TX (Remote)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
About You
You see the power grid as an essential highway that drives our current and future energy needs. You’re familiar with the way the grid is evolving: from the addition of renewable generation and electric vehicles to the impact of changing weather patterns. You believe in the power of data to lead to new and exciting discoveries, and you want the opportunity for those discoveries to impact a global business.
Minimum qualifications:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Power Systems, or related field of study
- 3+ years of experience in a field related to electricity power markets (design, analysis, optimization, etc.)
- Experience with data science and quantitative analysis
- Fluent in English
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in transmission and distribution power systems, grid innovation, and/or demand side forecasting
- Experience in translating macro trends in grid development (renewable generation, flexible demand side resources, electrification, etc.) into a quantitative impact (congestion, load curve, nodal pricing, etc.)
- Familiarity with grid modeling software
- Interest in on-going research and policy topics related to the US electrical grid
- Proficiency in French
About The Job
As a Grid Modeling Researcher, you will be a part of the companies organization that works with our rapidly growing US and Global Business teams to help address their current technical needs and test new technologies for the future.
This role is a unique opportunity to contribute to the energy strategy of our company. In collaboration with other researchers on the team and external researchers at national labs and universities, the results from this person’s work will be an important part of the growth within the company’s global goal of 100GW of renewables by 2030.
Responsibilities
- Be a subject matter expert in the major US electricity markets for internal partners and stakeholders
- Develop experimental plans and perform methodical testing for new modeling approaches and inputs (e.g. nodal to zonal simplification, demand side modeling, etc.)
- Adjust energy system modeling to consider the impact of regulatory and market design evolution
- Industrial and scientifical scouting on electricity market system modeling and optimization
- Identification and collaboration with industry-leading research partners, both internally and externally
- Coordinate plans with internal R&D teams with similar goals
- Ensure proper follow-up with key stakeholders for project costs, milestones, and relevance of results
The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is between $70.00 and $75.00
Our benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and 401k.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.
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Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Information Technology and Engineering staffing and consulting services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. Rather than continually trying to sell to new clients and companies and simply filling databases with candidates, we focus on developing stronger relationships and deeper knowledge of our existing clients’ challenges and opportunities. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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