Integrated Grid Planning and Dynamics - Modeler/Analyst
National Laboratory of the Rockies · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Golden, Colorado, United States
- Full-time
- $83K–$181K per year
Modeler/Analyst for integrated grid planning and dynamics at NLR
Compensation
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week) 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, 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: large-scale EMT simulations
- Nice to have: N-1, N-1-1, N-k contingencies