Base Power
Power Systems Engineering Intern
Austin, TX · On-site · Internship · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related technical field.
About the job
Models how distributed residential batteries interact with the grid by building and analyzing power system models and studies.
What you'll do
- Design and run power flow studies, including steady-state and contingency analyses.
- Build and validate distribution and transmission models and automate recurring studies in Python.
- Analyze and present results with recommendations for battery deployment and grid operations.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related technical field.
- Coursework, research, or project experience in power flow, per-unit systems, and three-phase analysis.
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis and visualization.
- Strong foundation in linear algebra and numerical methods, such as Newton-Raphson.
Nice to have
- Exposure to power flow tools such as OpenDSS, GridLAB-D, CYME, PSS/E, PowerWorld, PyPSA, or pandapower.
- Exposure to optimal power flow or electricity markets such as ERCOT.
Tools
Python, pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, OpenDSS, GridLAB-D, CYME, PSS/E
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