Integrated Grid Planning and Dynamics - Modeler/Analyst
National Laboratory of the Rockies · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Golden, Colorado, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- $84K–$181K per year
- 3–9 years
The role involves improving the reliability, resilience, and affordability of the electric grid through integrated planning techniques, including power flow, dynamics, and related analyses, specifically focusing on distribution and transmission systems.
Compensation
Job Profile: Researcher IV / Annual Salary Range: $100,400 - $180,700. Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual Salary Range: $83,600 - $150,500
Responsibilities
- Build, troubleshoot, and validate large-scale bulk/transmission power system models
- Conduct AC power flow, dynamics, and contingency simulations across scales ranging from smaller island and regional-scale systems up to national and international interconnections
- Design and develop and maintain co-simulation frameworks
- Apply best-practice code development techniques
- Perform analysis demonstrating the importance of technical capabilities
Requirements
- PhD
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Nice to have: phasor dynamics
- Nice to have: RMS