Postdoctoral Researcher: Inverter-based Resources (IBR) Driven Power System Protection Study & Stability Analysis
National Laboratory of the Rockies · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Golden, Colorado, United States
- Contract
- $77K–$126K per year
Lead and contribute to research projects on inverter-based resources (IBR) driven power system protection and stability analysis.
Compensation
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week) Job Profile: Postdoctoral Researcher / Annual Salary Range: $76,600 - $126,400
Responsibilities
- Develop protective relay models based on vendor’s relay datasheet and manual
- Perform comprehensive fault studies to evaluate the adequacy of existing protection schemes and propose improved protection schemes, and validate through simulated relay models and/ commercial protective relays in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) for an industry collaborated project
- Perform deep fundamental studies to investigate the IBR-driven stability from device level to system level and propose stability improvement control strategies for IBR dominant power systems with low inertia and short-circuit ratio (SCR).
- Build IBR-dominated power systems EMT model in PSCAD and develop automatic script to run large set of simulation scenarios, and extract key features for studies (stability study etc.)
- Lead and/contribute to journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports
Requirements
- Recent PhD graduate within the last three years