National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.. The Complex Systems Simulation and Optimization (CSSO) Group in the NREL Computational Science Center has an opening for a full-time high-performance computing (HPC) simulation and software engineer, tasked with systems, applications, and software development in support of renewable energy research.. Enable researchers to leverage NREL’s computational facilities to accelerate renewable energy research.. Participate in research and evaluation projects of new technological solutions for the Data, Analysis and Visualization mission of the Computational Science Center at NREL.. Reports findings to NREL scientific staff and assists in assessing the impact of these changes on the evolution of scientific data management and scientific application design at NREL.

research software developer

Posting Title Research Software Developer Location CO - Golden Position Type Limited Term (Fixed Term) Hours Per Week 40 Working at NREL The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes. NREL supports inclusive, diverse, and unbiased hiring practices that promote creativity and innovation. By collaborating with organizations that focus on diverse talent pools, reaching out to underrepresented demographics, and providing an inclusive application and interview process, our Talent Acquisition team aims to hear all voices equally. We strive to attract a highly diverse workforce and create a culture where every employee feels welcomed and respected and they can be their authentic selves. Our planet needs us! Learn about NREL’s critical objectives, and see how NREL is focused on saving the planet. Note: Research suggests that potential job seekers may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who is interested in this opportunity to apply. We seek dedicated people who believe they have the skills and ambition to succeed at NREL to apply for this role. Job Description The Complex Systems Simulation and Optimization (CSSO) Group in the NREL Computational Science Center has an opening for a full-time high-performance computing (HPC) simulation and software engineer, tasked with systems, applications, and software development in support of renewable energy research. These research projects may come from a variety of scientific domains and backgrounds but frequently include topics from energy systems, vehicles, optimization, and resource analysis. As part of interacting with these research projects and supporting their interactions with advanced computing hardware, this candidate will develop advanced, technically complex scientific, engineering, and analysis software and HPC workflow systems, with specific responsibilities spanning algorithm development, interface design, query development, application development, testing, releasing, installation, and maintenance of software and data system applications. Deploying and supporting these solutions on advanced computing hardware may also require consideration of parallel application deployment and support, cloud architectures, hardware control, data workflows design, interface design, and API development. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to adapt solutions from one scientific domain to another while incorporating new capabilities and solving integration problems. This candidate will work under minimal supervision to develop full stack software systems in support of scientific research and development in a heterogeneous high performance computing environment, demonstrating disciplined work habits leading to products that are well-structured, documented, and carefully tested. They will be a part of a team creating and supporting systems and workflows for the collection, validation, extraction, analysis, and navigation of scientific and engineering data toward the discovery of new insights and technologies to enable an energy efficient and renewable energy future. Job Duties And Responsibilities Of The Position Include Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.
Create novel computational approaches and analytic tools as required by research goals.
Integrate scientific and engineering workflows, intuitive user interfaces, data systems, visualizations techniques and secure web services with scalable data formats, high performance computing simulations, big data analytics applications and petabyte-scale storage systems to provide software solutions for the management and analysis of complex sets of data.
Work across a wide variety of scientific domains to develop cutting-edge and scalable data, software and storage systems infrastructures.
Enable researchers to leverage NREL’s computational facilities to accelerate renewable energy research.
Participate in research and evaluation projects of new technological solutions for the Data, Analysis and Visualization mission of the Computational Science Center at NREL.
Evaluate and track technology changes in HPC workflows for simulation and modeling software stacks, including options like cloud computing and data storage. Reports findings to NREL scientific staff and assists in assessing the impact of these changes on the evolution of scientific data management and scientific application design at NREL. Basic Qualifications Relevant Master's Degree . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 2 or more years of experience . General knowledge and application of scientific technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques. Training in team, task or project leadership responsibilities. Intermediate abilities and knowledge of practices and techniques. Beginning experience in project management. Good technical writing, interpersonal and communication skills. Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date. Additional Required Qualifications Preferred Qualifications Experience with high-performance computing, clustered computing, cloud computing, and related technologies.
Ability to quickly learn new programming languages and frameworks and adapt to changing research demands in a fast-paced scientific environment.
Demonstrated experience programming in multiple languages such as Python, C/C++ on Unix/Linux systems.
Demonstrated experience working with scientific data and interfaces for science applications, including data processing and analysis tools.
Demonstrated experience developing workflows, including job scheduler integration, data management of big datasets, data movement, and data availability/sharing with remote users and systems.
Strong experience programming in a Unix/Linux environment.
Demonstrated experience in software source control, change control, and software life cycle development methodologies.
Familiar with data product integration into websites and other online tools.
Software engineering expertise in big data solutions, coding and testing patterns, engineering software platforms and large-scale data infrastructures.
Experience implementing highly scalable distributed systems, using multiple open-source tools.
Experience working with heterogeneous high-performance computing.
Demonstrated leadership in one or more areas of team, task or project lead responsibilities.
Demonstrated experience in management of projects. Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week) Job Profile: Researcher II / Annual Salary Range: $71,300 - $117,600 Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual Salary Range: $77,600 - $139,700 NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions. Benefits Summary Benefits include 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; and tuition reimbursement*. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement. Based on eligibility rules Drug Free Workplace NREL is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug. If you are offered employment at NREL, you must pass a pre-employment drug test prior to commencing employment. Unless prohibited by state or local law, the pre-employment drug test will include marijuana. If you test positive on the pre-employment drug test, your offer of employment may be withdrawn. Submission Guidelines Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at NREL you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions. Please include a cover letter and resume with each position application. EEO Policy NREL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic partner status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws. EEO is the Law | Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination | Reasonable Accommodations E-Verify www.dhs.gov/E-Verify For information about right to work, click here for English or here for Spanish. E-Verify is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices to achieve a lawful workforce.
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