Research Scientist (Staff / Senior Staff) - Power Markets

Summary

Join Equilibrium Energy, a well-funded clean energy startup, as a Staff/Sr. Staff Research Scientist to accelerate the design and delivery of autonomous energy market participation, asset optimization, and valuation products.

Requirements

• Passion for clean energy and fighting climate change
• An advanced degree in computer science, operations research, electrical engineering, power systems, or related quantitative discipline
• 4+ years experience in the electricity & energy domain (e.g. power systems modeling, power flow, security constrained unit commitment, economic dispatch etc)
• 3+ years experience with python and/or julia, and the supporting science tool suite (e.g. numpy, scipy, pandas, JuMP, etc)
• Experience with optimization techniques (e.g. stochastic optimization, robust optimization)
• Experience with optimization modeling packages and solvers
• Experience communicating mathematical concepts, analytical results, and data-driven insights to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A collaboration-first mentality, with a willingness to teach as well as learn from others

Responsibilities

• Use research insights to shape product direction: Influence product and engineering roadmaps through presentation of research insights, experimental results, and model performance metrics, in order to evolve organizational direction
• Optimization algorithms formulation & research: Tackle complex scientific & operations research problems by researching published academic literature, surveying industry techniques & intuition, and executing hands-on experimental testing & modeling
• Energy market analytics: Develop models and tools to analyze the behavior of electricity markets, including power prices, ancillary services dispatch, grid network models, transmission outages & constraints, and optimal power flows

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and a comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package
• Opportunity to own a significant piece of the company via a meaningful equity grant
• Unlimited vacation and flexible work schedule
• Ability to work remotely from anywhere in the United States, Canada & Europe, or join one of our regional hubs in Boston, SF Bay Area, or London
• Accelerated professional growth and development opportunities through direct collaboration and mentorship from leading industry expert colleagues across energy and tech