Postdoctoral Fellow: Power Markets & Grid Modeling

Argonne National Laboratory; Lemont (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Argonne National Laboratory in the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Assessment Division is seeking a Postdoctoral candidate to develop and apply power system and electricity market models and tools to support engineering analyses of power grid planning and operations.

The position involves developing optimization methodologies, analytics frameworks, and applying models to real-world cases, with opportunities for publishing work and collaborating across disciplines.

Qualifications

• PhD in Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field.
• Strong understanding of optimization, power systems operations and planning.
• Understanding of the U.S. electricity system, wholesale electricity markets, and basic financial & economic principles.
• Experience with Julia or Python.
• Experience in academic writing and publication.
• Strong communication skills at all organizational levels.
• Ability to be highly motivated and self-starting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement power grid planning/operations algorithms and tools with emphasis on optimization and stochastic modeling: energy storage, electricity market analysis, and power flow modeling.
• Support multidisciplinary teams applying methods to environmental, water, and energy system analysis.
• Prepare reports, papers, and presentations for conferences, workshops, and journals.
• Support program development including proposal preparation and sponsor interactions.
• Apply technical models to case studies and real-world applications.
• Document and publish software to internal/external repositories.

Skills

Optimization

Power systems

Electricity markets

Python

Julia

Academic writing

Communication

Education

PhD in Engineering/OR/CS/Math

Tools

Julia

Job description

Argonne National Laboratory in the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Assessment Division is seeking a Postdoctoral candidate to develop and apply power system and electricity market models and tools to support engineering analyses of power grid planning and operations.

The position involves developing optimization methodologies, analytics frameworks, and applying models to real-world cases, with opportunities for publishing work and collaborating across disciplines.