Talent Bridge: Power Engineer

Post Bachelors' Graduate - Power Engineering Professional

Location: Research Education Campus (REC) at UB4, Idaho National Laboratory

Schedule: 9-80’s with every other Friday off

Program Duration: 12 months, with a potential 1-year extension.

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is seeking a recent bachelor's graduate for our Talent Bridge program, designed to transition individuals from academic study to career readiness.

The selected candidate will work with electrical engineering that deals with power systems, specifically electric power transmission and distribution, power conversion, and electromechanical devices. Power System Engineers engage in research and development within our Infrastructure Security group.

• Select, apply, and integrate engineering principles, theories, concepts, and technologies with complex engineered systems.
• Alone or in collaboration with others, design, plan, coordinate, implement, and disseminate projects.
• Prepare and contribute to technical reports, publications, and presentations at national technical meetings and project reviews with program sponsors.
• Determine or approve the technical approach for the development and testing of engineered solutions using existing emerging or newly created technologies.
• Participate in reviews of requirements, designs, codes, and documentation for internal and external customers.
• Develop and implement ideas for project teams to produce proposals for new work including joint projects with industry. Develop physics-based mathematical models of mechanical, chemical, and electrical systems to support and verify design.
• Collaborate and partner with other government agencies, academia, and private sector companies to achieve project objectives.
• Maintain and enhance technical skills and other capabilities in support of the INL mission. Stay abreast of developments in industry and maintain skills and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Develop design documentation, maintenance and configuration of power systems, and research and development of advanced power control or measurement techniques.
• Generate ideas for new proposals and business development opportunities.
• Prepare drawings, calculations, and specifications for power systems.
• Apply engineering principles to monitor and evaluate condition and operational performance of power infrastructure, recommendation of maintenance standards and procedures, identification of vendor data parts, and planning for upgrades.
• Apply engineering principles to the development of operational power systems and may include the development of software and/or hardware.
• Research and development activities including the advancement of power measurement or control techniques, such as state estimation or automated metering, for improving the security, efficiency and/or reliability of the power system infrastructure.

• Individuals who have graduated from a college or university with a bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or directly related engineering degree from an ABET-accredited institution.
• Experience developing, spec’ing assembling breakout boxes, power sensor systems, NILM (Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring) technology solutions.
• Experience operating NILM sensor systems.
• Direct internship experience in supporting power systems and electric power transmission and distribution within a DOE National Laboratory.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy "L" clearance, which requires US Citizenship.

• Mentored environment providing post-degree work experience.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Accelerated knowledge transfer from retiring staff to early career individuals.

Performance and satisfaction will be reviewed at three, six, and nine months. At the six-month review, potential next steps will be discussed:

• Transition to a full-time role
• Pursue additional education
• Explore other opportunities

The pay range for this position is $82,152 - $88,992. At Idaho National Laboratory compensation…