Graduate (Year-Round) Intern - Floating Support Structure Optimization

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 18, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Engineering
$41.6K - $66.6K
United States
Remote

Requirements

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. Candidates who have earned a degree may work for a period not to exceed 12 months. Must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
Completion of a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, naval architecture, marine engineering, ocean engineering, software engineering, or similar.
Strong writing, teamwork, and communication skills.
Experience with programming for engineering analysis or optimization.
Proficiency with Python or similar programming language.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with floating offshore system simulation using a tool such as OpenFAST, OrcaFlex, WEC-Sim, ProteusDS, MoorDyn, or similar.
Experience with optimization.
Experience with GUI development for Python software.
Experience with GIS software.

Responsibilities

Run floating offshore energy system simulations in RAFT, a frequency domain modeler, and OpenFAST, a time domain simulator.
Contribute to the software development of the modeling tools.
Contribute to the optimization of a floating tidal turbine platform design with different types of mooring systems.
Use and improve existing quasi-static mooring models and optimization software methods to optimize floating support structure designs.
Assist with deep water mooring system designs and modeling for large-scale floating wind projects.

Application Process

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