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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Researcher III - Mathematical Optimization for Energy Systems - **Company:** National Laboratory - **Location:** Golden, CO, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $83,600.0 - $150,500.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (CPLEX), Distributed Computing Environment, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, OpenMP, Tensorflow, Signal Processing, Reinforcement Learning, High Performance Computing, Pytorch, Parallel Computation, Optimization Algorithms - **Published:** June 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eb581cbd72c6774a ## About the Role Do you have experience in Technical writing within technology?, Do you have a Master's degree?, Relevant PhD . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience . Demonstrates complete understanding and wide application of scientific technical procedures, principles, theories and concepts in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines. Demonstrates leadership in one or more areas of team, task or project lead responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in management of projects. Very good technical writing, interpersonal and communication skills. * Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date., * Good understanding of optimization fundamentals, both computational and mathematical. * Experience programming in Python and/or Julia * Experience with Pyomo and/or JuMP * Experience with mathematical optimization solvers, e.g., CPLEX, Gurobi, Xpress, Cbc, Ipopt, and their capabilities. * Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks such as MPI and OpenMP * Experience with scalable machine learning frameworks, e.g, PyTorch * Experience building foundation models for AC-OPF on transmission grids * Experience with using machine learning and signal processing techniques for fault detection on microgrids, * Experience working with diverse, inclusive, and cross-disciplinary research teams * Experience working on HPC systems ## Description The Advanced Computing Solutions Group in the NLR Computational Science Center has an opening for a Computational Science Researcher, with an emphasis on mathematical optimization and its application to the design and control of energy systems. We are looking for a dynamic researcher with a strong technical background to help us transform our energy future through advanced automation, control and decision making. The successful candidate will have extensive experience with mathematical optimization formulations and algorithms and their application to physical systems. Additionally, the candidate will be familiar with parallel algorithmic approaches for large-scale linear, nonlinear, integer, and stochastic optimization problems. We anticipate that the research will involve integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, such as reinforcement learning (RL), with classical mathematical optimization approaches and implementations. We seek candidates capable of pursuing research directions that combine these algorithmic components, using implementations that are suitable for effective utilization of the modern parallel computing architectures that are available at NRL. Candidates with creative problem-solving skills, interest in cross-disciplinary collaboration, and a passion for the mission and goals of both NLR and CMEI are of particular interest., * Collaborate with domain experts to identify where mathematical optimization constitutes a viable approach and maintain awareness of optimization-related research both at NLR and in the literature more generally. * Adopt existing - or develop new - mathematical, computing, and simulation frameworks required to implement and evaluate the performance of optimization algorithms and solutions. * Creatively identify new opportunities to leverage AI/RL to augment or enhance classical optimization algorithms and/or formulations. * Author publications and contribute to proposals to sustain research directions. ## Related Videos - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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