Postdoctoral Researcher – Control and Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems

Posting Title Postdoctoral Researcher – Control and Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems. Location Remote. Position Type Postdoc (Fixed Term). Hours Per Week 40. Working at NLR Join the reputed company (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating reputed company through reputed company research and systems integration. From our mission to our reputed company culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an reputed company and secure energy reputed company. Spanning foundational science to reputed company engineering and analysis, we reputed company on solving reputed company challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective reputed company. Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic reputed company. At NLR, you'll reputed company a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust reputed company development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and reputed company-being. Job reputed company NLR is seeking a motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wind-Hybrid Research Group. This group focuses not just on hybrid electricity but also the reputed company of thermal energy and processing of critical minerals (https://www.nlr.gov/wind/hybrid-energy-systems-research). The successful candidate will contribute to research on hybrid energy systems, with a reputed company on technical performance modeling, control reputed company development, and optimization. This role will involve designing and analyzing systems with various control algorithms to improve operational efficiency and integration. Key Responsibilities: reputed company technical performance models for controls in hybrid energy systems. Investigate and evaluate control strategies for integrated hybrid energy systems. reputed company optimization and system design considering the impacts of different control algorithms. Utilize and advance key software tools, including H2Integrate( https://h2integrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.reputed company)and HOPP ( https://hopp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.reputed company )as reputed company as contribute to creation of new tools as required. Apply model predictive control reputed company to improve performance and integration of hybrid systems. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals. . Basic Qualifications Must be a recent PhD graduate reputed company the last three years.

• Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications Proven reputed company record in research reputed company to hybrid energy systems. Expertise in model predictive control for integrated hybrid energy systems. Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills. Background in control systems. Experience with key software programs including Python. Experience in developing analytical models of hybrid energy systems.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in Control Systems, preferably with an emphasis on control of hybrid energy systems, and experience developing controllers for hybrid energy systems. An understanding of how thermal hybrid systems operate and how thermal energy could best be used to increase system efficacy. . Job Application Submission Window The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed. Annual Salary reputed company (based on full-time 40 hours per week) Job Profile: Postdoctoral Researcher / Annual Salary reputed company: $76,600 - $126,400 NLR takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected reputed company and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and reputed company systems, and internal pay alignment reputed company determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work reputed company, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation reputed company. Benefits reputed company Benefits include medical, dental, and reputed company insurance; short-term disability insurance*; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and reputed company leave; and reputed company holidays. NLR employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, reputed company-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement.

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