Power Systems Intern

Location:

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Job ID:

R0036697

Date Posted:

2023-12-01

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY USA INC

Profession (Job Category):

Administration & Facilities

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Perform literature survey and review to explore state-of-the-art topics that fall within the scope of distribution network management.

• Simulate current and future distribution grid scenarios including emerging technologies (e.g., energy storage, electro-mobility, etc.)

• Develop novel and innovative solutions for distribution network management, with particular emphasis on data analytics, optimization, machine learning, probabilistic modeling, and graph-based methods.

• Develop proof-of-concept experiment/simulation setups for validating the proposed methodology using detailed case studies.

• Collaborate with the research scientists within Hitachi Energy Research.

• Prepare technical reports, and presentations on work accomplished during internship and/or publications in peer-reviewed conference/journal.

Your Background:

• Currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering at an accredited university in the US. Excellent senior-year master's students with relevant experience are also welcome to apply.

• Conceptual understanding of transmission and distribution network operation, modeling, and control.

• Working knowledge of distribution system concepts such as outage management, state estimation, power flow, and/or optimal power flow.

• Working knowledge and/or familiarity with graph theory concepts.

• Able to work with software GUI applications.

• Prior experience with distribution network modeling/power flow/DC-OPF/AC-OPF/state estimation is beneficial.

• Familiar with distribution network automation.

• Comfortable with programming in either Python or C/C++.

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English.

• Capable of carrying out independent work and able to communicate effectively in a team.

• Must be currently authorized to work for Hitachi Energy in the US.

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