Senior Researcher for Industrial Decarbonization

Posting Title

Senior Researcher for Industrial Decarbonization

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Job Description

NREL's Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Sciences (MTES) Directorate has an opening for a full-time Senior Researcher to help lead laboratory efforts in industrial decarbonization. The position will report to the Building Thermal Energy Science Group Manager.

MTES drives technological innovation in energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power. It provides scientific and engineering expertise to a variety of federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and Office of Science (SC), as well as university and industry partners.

The primary responsibility of this role is to help lead laboratory efforts in industrial decarbonization. The position will help ensure emerging laboratory R&D in industrial decarbonization is at the leading edge and coordinated with ongoing investments in the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) research platform.

The successful candidate will work closely with the laboratory leadership team, which includes associate laboratory directors (ALDs), ARIES leadership, center directors, laboratory program managers, and research advisors.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Help develop a vision and strategic plan for laboratory research, development, and demonstration in industrial decarbonization, including the following industrial sectors: iron/steel, cement, and ammonia .

• Alignment of industrial decarbonization research directions with the three NREL critical objectives: Integrated Energy Pathways, Electrons to Molecules, and Circular Economy.

• Alignment of tasks/activities to the five ARIES research areas (Energy Storage, Power Electronics, Hybrid Systems, Future Energy Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity).Identify notable gaps or overlaps in ARIES infrastructure, asset utilization and alignment with research areas.

• Provide thought leadership and strategic planning at NREL in scale up integrated energy systems research.

• Support planning and hosting visits/meetings at NREL by DOE staff or leaders, industry and/or associations, and universities to strengthen NREL external relationships.

Job Duties Include:

• Works in close collaboration with the ARIES team as a member of the MTES Directorate.

• Forecast operational trends for analysis and growth opportunities for ARIES.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and practices.

• Support technical coordination between internal and external stakeholders.

• Support the maintenance and updating of the ARIES R&D plan.

• Assist in coordination of technical reviews and in responding to requests for technical information.

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Basic Qualifications

Relevant PhD and 15 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 18 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 20 or more years of experience . Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness. Apply and/or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories and concepts. Viewed as an international expert within the field. Demonstrates leadership of complex technical projects. Project management competence. Demonstrated management of complex and/or high impact projects. Outstanding technical writing, interpersonal and communication skills

*** Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.**

Additional Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with team members.

• Demonstrated ability to enhance the Laboratory's ability to address future DOE missions, and stimulate exploration at the forefront of science and technology.

• Strong interpersonal, conflict resolution, and teaming skills.

• Considerable knowledge of management concepts and methods.

• Knowledge of national laboratory and DOE policies and procedures.

• Highly detail oriented.

• Must be able to relocate to Golden, CO

Preferred Qualifications

• A PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, or a relevant technical degree.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex and high-impact technical programs, and to design and implement effective work breakdown structures with an effective hierarchy of task leaders, project leaders, and sub-program managers.

• Knowledge and application of principles and best-practices relating to decarbonization of industrial processes.

• Providing strategic leadership for business intelligence and serve as a role model for effective and creative technical leadership

• Ability to prepare effective communications for internal and external stakeholders both domestically and internationally

• Effective stakeholder engagement to maximize outcomes targeting the technological and entrepreneurial innovation goals of the laboratory's scientific agenda.

• Experience in understanding industry needs in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.

• Experience at successfully developing and forming interdisciplinary project team(s) that include national laboratories, industry, and universities.

• Considered a leading authority domestically and internationally within this field of scientific research

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Job Application Submission Window

The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.

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

Job Profile: Researcher VI / Annual Salary Range: $137,600 - $247,700

NREL takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, 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; short- and long-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; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement. 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. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.

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