NREL: Transportation Systems Research and Analysis Intern

Location: CO - Golden

Position Type: Intern (Fixed Term)

Job Description

Seeking full- or part-time graduate or highly qualified undergraduate interns to work with researchers in NREL’s Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences on database development, data processing, growth and maintenance of the Transportation Secure Data Center (TSDC), and dashboard development to support analysis of mobility trends and implications for energy.

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Specific tasks may include:

• Process household travel survey data and transit survey data for inclusion in the TSDC.
• Collaborate with NREL researchers to identify and implement improvements to the TSDC data processing pipeline, including data standardization, ingestion, and reporting.
• Respond to requests for access to the TSDC secure portal environment and ensure security protocols are maintained.
• Contribute to the development of web-based dashboards that convey findings from research projects.
• Assist NREL researchers on projects providing insights into transportation energy systems, with a focus on how emerging transportation systems impact travel behavior, quality of life, and energy use.
• Work with and analyze large quantities of real-world travel activity and vehicle driving data, and potentially leverage high-performance computing resources for larger scale analyses.
• Deliver quality products that synthesize external literature, data analyses, and modeling results.
• Document methods and assumptions and assist with preparing peer-reviewed publications along with high-quality technical reports and presentations.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree program, or graduated in the past 12 months from an accredited institution. Internship period cannot exceed 12 months past graduation. Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

Please Note:

• •You will need to upload 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.

Additional Required Qualifications

Desire a candidate who possesses:

• Strong collaboration skills—thrives working in a collaborative team environment but is comfortable working independently when necessary.
• Demonstrated programming experience in Python and R. Experience with R Shiny and/or Javascript preferred.
• Familiarity with data visualization techniques.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and database administration

The ideal candidate would also possess at least some of the following qualifications:

• Experience with data analytics, big data management, scraping data off the web, high-performance/distributed computing, machine learning and/or deep learning.
• Experience in transportation or automotive fields
• Strong writing and presentation skills.
• Experience with collaborative software development and use of Git/GitHub for project management and version control.
• Cumulative undergraduate/graduate GPA over 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
• Please include all relevant experience and qualification information on the uploaded PDF (or MS Word) copy of your resume or CV.

Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)

Annual Salary Range: $39,600 - $63,500
Offers will typically be made in the bottom half of the listed range. NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; and sick leave (where required by law). NREL 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

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