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CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation.

ROLE HIGHLIGHTS

• Great ongoing opportunity to apply your power systems modelling & simulation skills in real-world projects
• Key role within CSIRO’s Energy Systems program, contributing to shape Australia’s electricity future
• Join our collaborative team at CSIRO advancing net zero emissions research!

YOUR HIGH-LEVEL DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Conducting modelling and simulation studies of Australia’s current and next-generation electricity generation, transmission and distribution systems (in near real-time and longer-term timeframes).
• Developing approaches and techniques for solving grid challenges associated with renewable energy integration, managing battery systems or distributed energy resources. This will include benchmarking data models, and deploying and testing these techniques in real-world, large-scale deployments.
• Applying specialist expertise to solve complex problems within a discipline or across a diverse range of projects.
• Participating in project scoping and planning, making significant contributions to the research or technological direction, and may advise on the level and type of services that are provided.
• Acting as a trusted advisor, demonstrating creativity to determine and anticipate client or project needs, and ability to identify and adapt quickly to changes in client or project needs and changes in the external environment.
• Additional duties at the CSOF6 level would also include leading research projects, including the negotiation and management of resources; initiating or taking responsibility for projects; and providing supervision to technical staff and students to ensure tasks are established according to the research design and completed within agreed timeframes.

ROLE PARTICULARS

Location and office arrangements: Newcastle, NSW (preferred) or Melbourne VIC may be considered
Salary: AU$114K – AU$153K per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation (across two capability levels)
Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite; Full-time – part-time and flexible work arrangements may be considered based on needs of the role and individual circumstances.
Reference: 100917