Optimization Analyst

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Vice President of Strategic Technology and the broader team to develop and implement optimization solutions for energy storage and other energy-focused initiatives.
• Work with Senior Energy Optimization Analyst and team to manage and improve existing optimization tools.
• Develop necessary market expertise in Power Markets and power resource optimization.
• Create diagnostic, visualization, and benchmarking tools for optimization projects.
• Analyze and troubleshoot results of optimization solutions.
• Other projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Master of Science degree in Physics, Mathematics, Industrial / Electronical Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field.
• 3 years' experience in a related occupation.
• 3 years' experience in applied optimization.
• 3 years' experience programming and debugging in C and C++.
• 3 years' experience with building C extensions for Python.
• Expert-level experience with optimization tools such as CPlex and Gurobi.
• Experience with machine learning libraries and algorithms such as PyTorch.
• Experience with machine learning data preparation concepts (cross validation, folding, boosting, feature engineering) with clear understanding of time series related concerns.
• Experience with building test frameworks for optimization purposes as well as other types of applications.
• Experience with programming in Python including data preparation and transformation with Numpy and Pandas libraries.
• Strong background in Deep Learning algorithms as applied to optimization and control problems, with specific experience in Reinforcement Learning and other training methods.
• Exhibited skills in applied computational mathematics, optimization, and simulation programming.