Technical Manager, Power Sector Modeling (Energy Tool Design & Development) - Canada

LOB/Portfolio: Energy Markets, Modeling, and Analysis (EMMA) and Energy Advisory (EA).

ICF is seeking a candidate motivated to lead in expanding and developing analytic tools and methods to capture emerging technologies and operations in power sector planning. A successful candidate will love finding innovative solutions, prototyping and testing design, and visioning potential changes in use cases. The position requires a candidate who is highly technical, detail-oriented, has a basic understanding of power systems operations and engineering, excels in mathematical optimization, and is a strong programmer. The candidate will join a small team to support and grow an existing modeling platform that provides the foundation for power sector expansion analysis and will work closely with users of the tool on multiple use-cases. In-depth domain knowledge and mathematical programming experience is required, as is ability to work with software developers and users to address complex planning focused problems.

If you are curious and excited about advancing technology to help plan future energy systems, apply today!

Work Locations Options

· Remote: This position may be fully remote and can only be performed from your home office within [Ontario or Saskatchewan] province(s).

· Hybrid: This position may be based in our [Ontario or Saskatchewan] office and offers the flexibility of working remotely from your home office within [Ontario or Saskatchewan] province(s).

Key Accountabilities and Duties 

• Create mathematical formulation and design for new and revised model formulation.

• Ensure complete documentation of mathematical formulation.

• Develop comprehensive test cases.

• Lead testing functionality including regression testing of existing platform.

• Work collaboratively with small team of enthusiastic software developers.

• Collaborate with internal tool users regularly. 

• Providing user support including troubleshooting, error/infeasibility investigation, and solutioning.

• Do deep dives to test, debug and build features as required.

• Plan, implement, and release model versions. 

• Extending life of mature platform with optimized and sustainable engineering practices. 

• Mentoring, coaching & building internal user base skill sets using and applying the platform. 

• Developing new or supplemental tools to support in-depth analytics.

• Exploring alternate development platforms and system architecture.

Minimum Qualifications 

• Master's degree or PhD in computer science, Mathematics, Operations Research in relevant field.

• Minimum of 8+ years relevant experience in energy tool development management and operations research.

• Experience with complex power sector/energy systems modeling, load flow, contingency analysis, etc. 

• Experience with linear and mixed integer programming tools (such as AMPL/GAMS/CPLEX/Gurabi/Ilog) and .Net, C# or relevant technologies with SQL Server.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Experience 

• Numerical analysis methodology, mathematical skills with solid theoretical background in numerical analysis and optimization techniques.

• Proficiency in operations research skills.

• Experience with unit commitment and economic dispatch.

At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair and equitable interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process. 

However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodations that involve the use of AI. If such an accommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at [email protected]. We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.