Transmission Geospatial Data Science - College Intern

Requisition ID:  83169 

 

NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC (NEET) is the leading competitive transmission company in North America. We develop, finance, construct, operate and maintain transmission assets across the continent. We operate through our regional subsidiaries to integrate renewable energy and strengthen the electric grid. Is creating a sustainable future important to you? Join our world-class team today

 

Position Specific Description

Is creating a sustainable future important to you?  NextEra Energy is using advanced geospatial data science to develop the grid of tomorrow—come join our world-class team today!

 

Position Description

The Geospatial Data Science Intern for the Transmission Fundamentals Team will develop novel datasets and conduct geospatial analyses to support new transmission and renewable generation projects across the United States and Canada. The intern will work collaboratively with other geospatial data scientists and power system engineers to identify and develop new transmission and generation projects across the United States and Canada.

 

This position is part of a team performing technical modeling and analysis to identify, evaluate, and support development of new opportunities on the transmission system. Our goal is to identify compelling project opportunities and get them built! 

 

We highly value experience working with diverse geospatial and time-series data along with exposure to algorithm development and data visualization.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues to create new datasets and tools for broad-scale geospatial analysis to be used to identify, design, and evaluate transmission and renewable generation opportunities
• Acquire, produce, and harmonize datasets to support automated analyses
• Collaborate with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to design and implement high-impact analysis

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in geospatial data analysis and modeling, ideally including open-source geospatial libraries
• Programming skills in Python and experience with Git
• Spatial analysis
• Cartography experience

 

Desired Qualifications

• Background in geography, environmental science, renewable energy, power systems, and transmission planning
• Experience with HPC and/or cloud computing (e.g., AWS)

 

 

Job Overview

To be considered for an internship, you must be actively enrolled at a college or university as a full-time student seeking a bachelor’s degree or higher. You must also have a current cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher (on a 0.00 to 4.00 scale).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists department with assigned projects
• Completes challenging projects and assignments
• Presents final project to senior leadership at the end of the internship
• Assumes responsibility for own travel, lodging, and transportation necessary to be available for the program
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High school grad / GED
• Maintain active enrollment in a Bachelor or higher degree program
• Maintain cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher

Preferred Qualifications

• Non