Postdoctoral Researcher - Model Engineering

Employer Industry
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Energy Systems Research

• Salary up to $126,400
• Robust professional development opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as a 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match
• Opportunity to publish research findings in leading academic journals and present at major international conferences
• Collaborative work environment with multidisciplinary teams
• Chance to contribute to cutting‑edge research and development in energy innovation

• Develop and implement novel mathematical optimization models for medium‑term grid planning
• Design and code efficient algorithms for large‑scale optimization problems using the Julia programming language
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to integrate research insights into open‑source software products
• Publish research findings in leading academic journals and present at major international conferences
• Contribute to the development of the open‑source power systems modeling software Sienna

• Recent PhD graduate within the last three years
• A Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Control Systems, or a related field
• Demonstrated expertise in mathematical optimization techniques
• Strong programming proficiency, particularly in Julia, with a link to a Git Hub profile or public code repository
• Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date

• Domain knowledge in power system operations, economics, and planning problems
• Experience with control theory concepts and their application to energy systems applications
• Hands‑on experience with JuMP.jl or similar algebraic modeling languages
• Familiarity with high‑performance computing (HPC) environments
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative research environment

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