Researcher II – Data Center Energy Systems

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** Posting Title
** Researcher II – Data Center Energy Systems.#
** Location
* * CO - Golden.#
** Position Type
** Limited Term (Fixed Term).#
** Hours Per Week
** 40.#
** Working at NLR
** NLR is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development.

Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions.

Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth.

At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.#
** Job Description
** The NLR Computational Science Center’s Advanced Computing Operations group (ACO) is a focal point for data center operations and research. NLR’s award-winning energy-efficient data center is a living laboratory where researchers advance thermal management, liquid cooling and data center optimization efforts. As a living laboratory NLR both operates HPC capabilities on behalf of DOE and NLR but also is a focal point for research on advanced data center technologies and system integration.

The ACO group has data center expertise in liquid cooling for high power density racks and takes a holistic systems approach to data center optimization from the server chip level out to the building facilities and campus levels.

We are seeking a researcher focusing on modeling and experimental heat and mass transfer of energy systems applied to data center facilities. The successful candidate will join team members on cutting-edge data center, laboratory and analytical projects to research, develop, and evaluate heat and mass transfer components and systems. The successful candidate should have a strong background and understanding of heat and mass transfer, including theory, numerical modeling, and experiments.

This job requires dominance of an engineering discipline, focused around mechanical systems, and controls, and necessitates the ability and interest to work in the data center and address physical wiring, fabrication and troubleshooting, design experiments, accomplish project management tasks, and function successfully in a team environment and as an individual performer.

Under the general direction of senior staff, the successful candidate will:
* Develop, improve, and conduct first-principles numerical modeling of heat exchangers, thermal energy storage, and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems.
* Design, develop, and analyze new HVAC processes and components applied to data centers.
* Perform laboratory experiments on fluid/thermal components and systems.
* Contribute to papers and reports.

To learn more about the work our team does, check out the following links:.#
** Basic Qualifications
** Relevant Master's Degree . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 2 or more years of experience . General knowledge and application of engineering technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques. Training in team, task or project leadership responsibilities. Intermediate abilities and knowledge of practices and techniques. Beginning experience in project management. Good writing, interpersonal and communication skills.
** Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.**#
** Additional

Required Qualifications
*** Recent graduate with a strong academic and research record in relevant heat transfer, thermodynamics, and mass transfer field…