Description

Overview

The Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division is one of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's most innovative teams. We are talented, award-winning administrators, specialists, technicians, managers, scientists and engineers, and we're working at the forefront of some of America's toughest energy challenges. Our mission is to provide multi-disciplinary solutions to energy challenges that have impacts on a national-scale. We employ a systems perspective that addresses technological, economic, regulatory, and market barriers to improve the nation's energy systems from generation to end-use. We provide transparent, reproducible, and unbiased results to guide policy and technological innovation.

The Optimization and Control Group within the Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division is currently looking for a Software Engineer with a strong background in software design, development and providing input or continuous system improvements and daily maintenance and support of the software. The successful candidate will contribute to and occasionally lead tasks related to software design, development, configuration, testing, and preparing professional system documents. The successful candidate will support several projects utilizing multiple technologies.

Responsibilities
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to take algorithms from theory to practice by designing and implementing code using software engineering best practices.
• Work with a team of software engineers to work toward successful project outcomes with maintainable code.
• Lead small to medium sized tasks and direct the work of other developers to achieve project goals.
• Assist and train users (frequently non-software engineers) to deploy and utilize the resulting code.
• Maintain deployed code to enable experimentation and data collection on time constrained shared resources and at external collaborator installations.
• Develop or contribute to end-user documentation in the conversion and implementation of software.
• Mentor junior staff and students.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• BS/BA or higher

Preferred Qualifications:
• Algorithm design and implementation, troubleshooting, deployment, documentation, and testing
• Emphasis on Python development experience
• Additional programming language experience (not required): JavaScript, C++
• Knowledge of or experience with Docker, Ansible, or similar software
• Foundational knowledge of the software lifecycle and engineering best practice, including specification, documentation configuration management, testing and quality assurance
• Building networks at a local and capability level. Effectively teaming to share resources and optimize research and development at the group and division level. Mentoring team members at all organizational levels.
• Self-motived, excellent communication skills, an open mind, the ability to thrive in multidisciplinary teams, and the skills to balance great design with short deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills
• An understanding of the Agile Methodology for software development

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not Applicable.

Testing Designated Position

This is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP).

About PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a world-class research institution powered by a highly educated, diverse workforce committed to the values of Integrity, Creativity, Collaboration, Impact, and Courage. Every year, scores of dynamic, driven people come to PNNL to work with renowned researchers on meaningful science, innovations and outcomes for the U.S. Department of Energy and other sponsors; here is your chance to be one of them!

At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, flexible work schedules and telework options. PNNL is located in eastern Washington State—the dry side of Washington known for its stellar outdoor recreation and affordable cost of living. The Lab’s campus is only a 45-minute flight (or ~3-hour drive) from Seattle or Portland, and is serviced by the convenient PSC airport, connected to 8 major hubs.

Commitment to Excellence, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Equal Employment Opportunity

Our laboratory is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment dedicated to solving critical challenges in fundamental sciences, national security, and energy resiliency. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. In support of this commitment, we encourage people of all racial/ethnic identities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), protected veteran status, and any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and in employment. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at [email protected].

Drug Free Workplace

PNNL is committed to a drug-free workplace supported by Workplace Substance Abuse Program (WSAP) and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs.

If you are offered employment at PNNL, you must pass a drug test prior to commencing employment. PNNL complies with federal law regarding illegal drug use. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug. If you test positive for any illegal controlled substance, including marijuana, your offer of employment will be withdrawn.

Mandatory Requirements

Please be aware that the Department of Energy (DOE) prohibits DOE employees and contractors from having any affiliation with the foreign government of a country DOE has identified as a “country of risk” without explicit approval by DOE and Battelle. If you are offered a position at PNNL and currently have any affiliation with the government of one of these countries, you will be required to disclose this information and recuse yourself of that affiliation or receive approval from DOE and Battelle prior to your first day of employment.

Rockstar Rewards

Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, supplemental parental bonding leave**, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401k savings plan. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.
• Research Associates excluded.
• *Once eligibility requirements are met.

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Minimum Salary

USD $70,900.00/Yr.
Maximum Salary

USD $104,200.00/Yr.

Skills

• UNAVAILABLE

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will contribute to and occasionally lead tasks related to software design, development, configuration, testing, and preparing professional system documents
• The successful candidate will support several projects utilizing multiple technologies
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to take algorithms from theory to practice by designing and implementing code using software engineering best practices
• Work with a team of software engineers to work toward successful project outcomes with maintainable code
• Lead small to medium sized tasks and direct the work of other developers to achieve project goals
• Assist and train users (frequently non-software engineers) to deploy and utilize the resulting code
• Maintain deployed code to enable experimentation and data collection on time constrained shared resources and at external collaborator installations
• Develop or contribute to end-user documentation in the conversion and implementation of software
• Mentor junior staff and students
• Effectively teaming to share resources and optimize research and development at the group and division level
• Mentoring team members at all organizational levels

Qualifications

• BS/BA or higher
• Self-motived, excellent communication skills, an open mind, the ability to thrive in multidisciplinary teams, and the skills to balance great design with short deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills
• An understanding of the Agile Methodology for software development
• Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Benefits

• At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, flexible work schedules and telework options
• Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, supplemental parental bonding leave**, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support
• Employees are automatically enrolled in our company funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401k savings plan
• Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year
• USD $70,900.00/Yr
• Maximum Salary
• USD $104,200.00/Yr