What are the responsibilities and job description for the Student Assistant position at Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC?
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A Student Assistant position will be immediately available in the Interdisciplinary Science Department, Energy Systems Division. The duration of the position will be three months in the summer of 2025 (from May to August 2025). The student is expected to work 40 hours per week.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The major responsibility of the student will be the performance of power grid modeling and simulation, statistical analysis and machine learning applications in power system control or cybersecurity, and the implementation in Python and Matlab.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Candidates for the position are expected to be Ph.D. or master’s students with training to perform research and development under some guidance.
- The candidates should have a major in electrical engineering, computer science, or applied mathematics.
- A background in electric power systems modeling and simulation and data analytics and machine learning techniques are required.
- Software development skills using programming languages such as Python or Matlab are also required.
- Experience with OPAL-RT will be preferred.
Other Information:
- Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $16.50 - $29.50 p/h. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
- Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate are committed to your success. We offer a supportive work environment and the resources necessary for you to succeed.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation’s future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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