Postdoctoral Researcher – Multi-resolution Transportation and Energy Modeling

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 27

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Research & Development
Data
$73.2K - $120.8K
Golden
Remote

Requirements

Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with transportation data and development of travel modeling and forecasting tools.
Experience with transportation modeling packages such as CUBE, TransCAD, MATSim, or similar tools.
Strong background with scientific programming languages such as Python, R, Rust, or Scala.
Strong interest in, and working knowledge of high-performance computing and transportation modeling, with a degree/background in one or the other.
Relevant transportation skills may include travel demand modeling, micro-, meso- and/or macroscopic traffic modeling, and transportation energy analysis.
Relevant computational skills may include machine learning, deep learning, distributed computing, and big data management/analytics.
Familiarity with location-based data, and its use for travel modeling.
Knowledge of GIS, GPS, data analysis and visualization, web design, and/or engineering computing.
Strong collaboration skills—thrives working in a collaborative team environment but is comfortable working independently when necessary.
Additional preferred qualifications:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with data analytics, big data management, scraping data off the web, high-performance/distributed computing, machine learning and/or deep learning.
Application development experience in a general-purpose programming language such as C/C++, JavaScript, Java, Scala, or Rust.
Experience interfacing with Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and other transportation data and modeling stakeholders.
Knowledge of cloud computing services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Working with HPC and databases, including PostGres, and slurm.
Experience in transportation and/or computational sciences.
Experience with collaborative software development and use of Git/GitHub for project management and version control.
Knowledge of access theory.
Cumulative undergraduate/graduate GPA over 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

Responsibilities

Working with travel demand models, particularly integrating NREL developed tools such as the Mobility Energy Productivity (MEP) metric, and Route Energy Prediction Model (RouteE) into existing travel demand models.
Developing travel choice models using traditional (survey) and non-traditional (big-data) sources.
Perform big data analytics, visualization, and interpretation.
Working with cloud-based web applications and scalable data analysis pipelines, refactoring data science scripts as cloud-native software.
Building, enhancing, and validating modeling and simulation tools.
Assist in producing high-quality publications, reports, and research proposals.
Supporting additional related research projects as needed.
.

Application Process

Please include all relevant experience and qualification information on the uploaded PDF (or MS Word) copy of your resume or CV.

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.