Remote PV Performance Modeling Postdoc

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Albuquerque (NM); Remote; USD 90,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM seeks a Postdoctoral Appointee to develop PV performance models, analyze data, and advance analytics. You will integrate with a team to improve modeling, calibration, and validation, addressing terrestrial and space PV applications and publishing results.

The role emphasizes collaboration, open-source contributions, and presenting at conferences, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• PhD in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, computer science, or related field.
• Research experience in PV, energy systems, computational modeling, data science, AI, time-series analysis, or O&M analytics.
• Programming and scientific computing skills (e.g., Python).
• Strong written and verbal communication with publications or conference presentations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate PV performance models and analytical methods.
• Calibrate models, verify results, and explore additional physics for new environments.
• Contribute to open-source tools and analyze field and experimental PV data.
• Publish findings in journals and present at conferences.
• Collaborate with internal and external researchers to advance PV analytics.

Skills

Python programming

Data analysis

Computational modeling

Time-series analysis

O&M analytics

Artificial intelligence

Scientific computing

Education

PhD in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, computer science, or related field

Tools

pvlib-python

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM seeks a Postdoctoral Appointee to develop PV performance models, analyze data, and advance analytics. You will integrate with a team to improve modeling, calibration, and validation, addressing terrestrial and space PV applications and publishing results.

The role emphasizes collaboration, open-source contributions, and presenting at conferences, with travel as needed.