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Undergraduate/Graduate (3-12 Month, Remote) Intern - Power System/Power Electronics Modeling

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Hours
Full time
Where
Golden, CO
Posted
5 days ago

Posting Title

Undergraduate/Graduate (3-12 Month, Remote) Intern - Power System/Power Electronics Modeling.

Location

CO - Golden.

Position Type

Intern (Fixed Term).

Hours Per Week

40.

Working at NLR

NLR is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development.

Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions.

What you'd do

  • Provide technical analysis related to power electronics and power systems control of renewable generation, battery energy storage systems, and large industrial drives.
  • Work under supervision to build power system EMT simulation and perform power system validation.
  • Integrating, testing, and using user-written “black box” models in PSCAD for wind turbine generators, solar inverters, battery energy storage systems (BESS), or other advanced power electronic based systems.
  • Evaluate studies that examine the impact of high percentage of inverter-based resource on power systems.
  • Writing and publishing results of analysis in peer-reviewed journals and technical reports
  • Follow all Environmental, Safety, and Health policies to ensure and maintain a safe working environment..

What they want

  • Applicants are responsible for uploading 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.
  • Experience with power system EMT software tools such as PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, DIgSILENT, RSCAD, or other EMT simulation tools.
  • Solid knowledge on power system EMT modeling, power system stability and control.
  • Solid knowledge on the modeling and control of inverter-based resources.
  • Ability to present technical results to multi-stakeholder audiences.
Starts
2026-09-18