Graduate Intern - Residential Stock Modeling

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

2mo ago

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Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Data
$42.7K - $68.3K
Golden
Remote

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a track record of developing and documenting methods of probability and statistics, regression, and forecasting for applied problems, preferably with an emphasis in geographic resolved datasets. Additionally, they will have demonstrated evidence of performing high caliber technical work with minimal supervision of day-to-day tasks.
Basic Qualifications:
Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree program, or graduated in the past 12 months from an accredited institution. Candidates who have earned a degree may work for a period not to exceed 12 months. Must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Experience forecasting geographically resolved phenomena.
Experience developing and testing data-driven models.
Experience performing analytic work in R, Python, MATLAB, or an equivalent programming language.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in probability and statistical analysis, such as Bayesian Statistics
Knowledge regarding US census geography
Basic knowledge of thermodynamics and building science

Responsibilities

This role will assist in advancing the broader portfolio of the residential building stock energy model ResStock. This role will assist in data gathering, analysis, and processing of large-scale building model data to develop methods of sampling and downscaling the data to higher geographic resolutions.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Science & Healthcare

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1977

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a Department of Energy national lab, is #TransformingEnergy as the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL's Mission: NREL develops renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advances related science and engineering, and transfers knowledge and innovations to address the nation's energy and environmental goals. NREL's Strategy: NREL has forged a focused strategic direction to increase its impact on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) and our nation's energy goals by accelerating the research path from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.