Posting Title

Photovoltaic Embodied-Energy and Carbon Emissions Researcher

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Postdoc (Fixed Term)

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL
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Job Description

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) has an immediate opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher. The researcher will join a team of researchers in NREL’s PV Reliability Group working on Circular Economy for Photovoltaics, (www.nrel.gov/analysis ) who perform modeling and analysis around the sustainability, economics and technical viability of solar PV and other renewable energy technologies. The successful candidate will lead the technical aspects of implementing a connection between the current open-source platform PV ICE and an open-source lifecycle assessment modeling framework for closed-loop various circular pathways in Photovoltaics. The project will result in journal publications and conference proceeding of the framework and results from the project.
Specific Research Tasks Include

• Development of an open-framework for lifecycle assessment interfacing open-source programming tools (PV_ICE, Brightways) in python
• Complete data collection and prioritization based on provided parameters or self-identified data needs; integrate data into modeling efforts.
• Develop manuscripts, write technical reports, present findings at conferences

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Basic Qualifications
Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.

* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Excellent analytical skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in developing computer-based models and/or simulations from scratch, and using said models and/or simulations in analysis tasks
• Degrees/backgrounds of particular interest: engineering, environmental sciences, data science, computer science, and statistics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Photovoltaic devices, components, systems, manufacturing and/or supply chains.

• Knowledge of current approaches and dynamic material flow and LCA approaches and sustainability best practices

• Experience with collaborative development of sustainable, well-documented software and with version control systems (e.g. git).

• Programming experience in Python.

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Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Postdoctoral Researcher / Annual Salary Range: $71,300 - $117,600

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Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short-term disability insurance*; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; and paid holidays. 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.

* Based on eligibility rules

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