Research Associate

**Description**:
Based in Sydney/Melbourne, you will join a team working to expand Aurora’s electricity grid modelling capability across the Asia-Pacific region. You will lead on consulting engagements, quantitatively analysing energy markets and transmission systems, and convey insights to enhance clients’ decision making. You will play an active role in all aspects of client engagement: helping identify issues, forming hypotheses, conducting analysis, and synthesising conclusions into recommendations.

The successful applicant will combine technical strength with a strong track record of leadership and performance in team-oriented environments.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Conduct research and modelling of high-voltage transmission systems across the APAC region, to enable better analysis of the energy transition
- Engage with clients across consulting engagements, performing power-flow analysis, developing timely and rigorous quantitative reports to enhance clients’ decision making
- Work closely with our modelling team, quantifying electrical engineering challenges and deriving insights from model results
- Contribute to our product development, by identifying new opportunities and expanding our capabilities
- Communicate findings to clients

**What we are looking for**:
Required attributes:

- At least 2-4 years of experience, ideally in a technical role within the power sector
- First-class or high second-class degree from a top university in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline, such as Physics)
- Demonstrated success in taking responsibility for project and process management in team-oriented environments
- Proven ability to collect, analyse and interpret complex quantitative data and information
- Ability to communicate clearly and co-operate effectively with both technically and non-technically minded people
- Self-starting, entrepreneurial mind-set, and desire to grow the business

Desirable attributes:

- Previous experience of network/grid modelling, for example, with a transmission company, renewables developer, etc.
- Competence in advanced data analytics (e.g. Python, R, Matlab, Advanced Excel, GAMS)
- Leadership, project management or mentoring experience demonstrated by previous roles of professional responsibility or extracurricular activities
- Experience with power-flow modelling and interpreting single-line-diagrams (SLDs)
- Proficiency in languages other than English, especially Korean, Japanese, or other APAC languages

**What we offer**:

- A fun and international work culture.
- Employee discount platform - Perkbox
- Novated car leasing
- Private Health Insurance
- Access to regular coaching and mentoring sessions and the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals.
- Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering a complete support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7/365, covering a wide range of personal and professional aspect

The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavourable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity/paternity.

**About Aurora Energy Research**:
From its academic roots, Aurora Energy Research is a thriving, rapidly growing company, currently serving over 600 of the world’s most influential energy sector participants, including utilities, investors, and governments.

While we constantly strive to reach new markets and diversify our product portfolio, we are already active across the globe in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and North America, working with leading organisations to provide comprehensive market intelligence, bespoke analytic and advisory services, and cutting-edge software.

We are a diverse team of experts with vast energy, financial, and consulting backgrounds, covering power, hydrogen, carbon, and fossil commodities. With this, we provide data-driven intelligence to fuel strategic decisions in the global energy transformation