Graduate (Year-Round) Intern: Geospatial Data Science Modeling and Analysis
Location: Golden, CO. Position Type: Intern (Fixed Term). Hours per Week: 40.
About the role
NLR is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado and is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development. The Geospatial Data Science (GDS) team within the Strategic Energy Analysis Center conducts research at the intersection of energy deployment, big data science, and geospatial modeling and visualization. The team develops and applies geospatial algorithms and methods to evaluate deployment potential for energy technologies such as geothermal, hydropower, transmission, bioenergy, wind, and solar, supporting techno‑economic assessment, capacity expansion, and power systems modeling under various regulatory, sociopolitical, and environmental factors.
Responsibilities
- Manipulating multiple data sources, models, and software tools with scientific and engineering workflows for decision support and data analysis
- Preparing and processing geospatial data using open‑source desktop software and programmatic approaches
- Conducting background research on data sets, current modeling approaches,