Research Engineer - Energy Resources Center

About the role

The position is intended to be eligible for benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaboratively generate/develop energy and environmental research ideas and convert into fundable projects.
• Participate in the planning, development, and implementation of projects (energy efficiency, energy use, energy conversion, energy storage, emission reduction).
• Identify underserved markets and untapped consumers in need of technical education and/or assistance in energy matters.
• Develop relationships with private and public organizations to improve the efficient use of energy and emission reductions in the industrial, commercial and institutional market sectors.
• Conduct energy assessments and on-site consultation and evaluation for clients, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce energy costs.
• Apply advanced engineering principles to specific energy and/or environmental research tasks (analysis, technical writing, independent technical research and independent judgment).
• Collect and analyze data and present analysis to clientele both verbally and in writing.
• Lead energy projects by developing project plan, determining scope of project, establishing timelines, calculating cost structure of project, carrying out project tasks, computing energy savings, and delivering results on time and within cost.
• Compose technical writing components in proposals, document research results, prepare reports and project deliverables.
• Cooperate with interdisciplinary project members as an energy expert providing technical ideas, knowledge and writing capabilities to develop new programs, ensuring energy efficiency and environmental stewardship principles are included.
• Conduct independent and group research under the direction and guidance of senior engineering staff.
• Staff Management: train student engineers in energy efficiency technologies, energy instrumentation use, and field assessment procedures. Oversee and advise student engineer data collection and analysis work. Review, edit and finalize project deliverables produced by student engineers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field is required.
• A Master's degree is preferred.
• Excellent communication and technical writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and in team environments.
• In depth working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and some knowledge of energy software tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience calculating energy efficiency measures and/or modeling distributed generation power systems.

Benefits

This position is eligible for benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.