Senior Geospatial Researcher III/IV

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🕒 August 31

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $83.6k - $180.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗺️ GIS

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Advanced Energy Systems - Colorado School of Mines & NLR

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

📚 Education

⚡ Energy

🔬 Science

Education • Energy • Science

Advanced Energy Systems - Colorado School of Mines & NLR is an interdisciplinary graduate engineering program created through a partnership between the Colorado School of Mines and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). The program educates and trains master’s and doctoral researchers to address the technical, economic, and environmental challenges of modern energy infrastructure, emphasizing secure, resilient, and adaptive systems. Students collaborate with faculty and NLR researchers, use shared state-of-the-art facilities, work with industry, government, and nonprofit partners, and prepare for careers solving large-scale energy-system problems.

📋 Description

• Develop and advance a research portfolio in geospatial modeling and characterization of new electricity generation, large-load impacts, and infrastructure requirements • Develop innovative spatiotemporal methods for system performance and cost modeling, sensitivity analysis, and site-selection optimization • Ideate and evaluate novel research strategies and methods for sustainable energy solutions across geographic and temporal scales • Integrate multiple data sources, models, and software tools into scientific and engineering workflows for data analysis and decision support • Use distributed parallel computing with cloud and on-premise high-performance computing resources • Communicate research insights through journal publications and conference presentations • Organize and participate in stakeholder engagement workshops and seminars • Develop proposals for new research directions • Serve as principal investigator and technical lead on critical existing and emerging projects • Provide technical oversight and mentor junior staff • Collaborate with industry partners, academia, the Department of Energy, computer scientists, policy analysts, and systems engineers • Support DOE projects and clients external to the laboratory

🎯 Requirements

• Relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience, or relevant Master's Degree and 7 or more years of experience, or relevant Bachelor's Degree and 9 or more years of experience for Researcher IV • PhD in Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science or related, or Master's Degree plus 3 or more years of experience, or relevant Bachelor's Degree plus 5 or more years of experience for Researcher III • Educational requirements must be met prior to employment start date • Demonstrated ability to form and lead dynamic project teams, manage budgets and timelines, and build strong relationships with stakeholders and sponsors • Strong quantitative background in spatial statistics, predictive modeling, data analytics, and/or complex systems modeling • Strong scientific programming and algorithm development skills • Demonstrated use of Python and open-source geospatial tools for modeling and analysis of large, complex data sets • Demonstrated ability to communicate results effectively through scientific visualizations, publications and presentations • Resume and an online code repository such as GitHub with several publicly visible coding projects, or an explanation in the cover letter for not including them • Experience with Linux-based, scalable, open-source analysis tools is required • Expert proficiency in geospatial modeling is required • Excellent technical writing, interpersonal and communication skills • Researcher IV: extensive scientific technical expertise, leadership in several areas, and demonstrated project management experience • Researcher III: complete understanding and wide application of scientific technical procedures, principles, theories and concepts; leadership in one or more areas; demonstrated project management experience • Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card and pass a favorable background investigation • Must pass a pre-employment drug test prior to commencing employment

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Pension benefits • 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match • Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance • Personal time off (PTO) and sick leave • Paid holidays • Tuition reimbursement • Performance-, merit-, and achievement-based awards with a monetary component may be available • Relocation expense reimbursement may be available for some positions • Robust professional development opportunities • State-of-the-art facilities and multidisciplinary research teams