Energy Data Analysis - (Year-Round) Graduate Internship at Nlr — Golden, CO

Posting Title

Energy Data Analysis - (Year-Round) Graduate Internship.

Location

Remote.

Position Type

Intern (Fixed Term).

Hours Per Week

40.

Working at NLR

Job Description

Mission and Vision

NLR strives to achieve our vision of an affordable and secure energy future through our mission: leading research, innovation, and strategic partnerships to deliver integrated solutions for an affordable and secure energy future.

As the energy systems laboratory, we bridge foundational research with practical applications to ensure various energy sources, storage, buildings, transportation, and emerging technologies work together to lower energy costs, drive economic growth, bolster national security, and deliver abundant energy.

The candidate will support a variety of tasks related to renewable energy data analysis and data collection with a focus on behind-the-meter solar analysis in NLR's Strategic Energy Analysis Center. The successful candidate will have strong research, data analysis, consolidation, and writing skills as well as experience compiling and manipulating large data sets for analysis. Experience with data collection using approaches like web scraping and a strong background with coding languages like R and/or Python required.

The candidate will support renewable energy technology, policy, market, financing, and regulatory projects through data collection, cleaning, and analysis; literature reviews; writing; and spreadsheet analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Data collection, cleaning, and analysis related to solar permitting, inspection, and interconnection
• Leveraging LLMs and other tools for web scraping and data collection to produce novel datasets for industry insights
• Support research projects examining distributed solar policies and other energy-related market analysis.
• Data collection and analysis for renewable energy supply options for large non-residential, commercial and industrial renewable energy buyers.

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Basic Qualifications

Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

Undergraduate: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a bachelor’s degree program from an accredited institution. Post Undergraduate: Earned a bachelor’s degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.

Graduate: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a master’s degree program from an accredited institution. Post Graduate: Earned a master’s degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year. Graduate + PhD: Completed master’s degree and enrolled as PhD student from an accredited institution.

Please Note:

• Applicants are responsible for uploading official or unofficial school transcripts, as part of the application process.
• If selected for position, a letter of recommendation will be required as part of the hiring process.
• Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Expertise in data collection, organization, cleaning, and manipulation and familiarity with at least one software tool to scrape, manage, visualize, and analyze. R or Python preferred.
• Must be personable, professional, and comfortable engaging with stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• An ideal candidate will have a background in qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Great attention to detail and excellent research, written communication, organizational, and Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Interest in creative problem solving for novel data collection and processing efforts.

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Job Application Submission Window

Job Profile: / Annual Salary Range: $44,500 - $71,200

Benefits Summary

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; and sick leave (where required by law). NLR 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. Internships projected to be less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for medical, dental, or vision benefits.

• Based on eligibility rules

Badging Requirement

NLR is subject to Department of Energy (DOE) access restrictions. All employees must also be able to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which includes a favorable background investigation. Intern assignments extending beyond six months will be subject to this requirement.

Drug Free Workplace

Submission Guidelines

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Reasonable Accommodations