Optimization Engineer

Job description

Tenaska is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, an organization that’s adept in natural gas and power marketing, power management, development and acquisition of generation assets, operation of power plants and more. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The Company is not able to take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this position or commit to doing so in the future for individuals with current authorization to work via, for example, CPT or OPT, and would need sponsorship in the future. Position Summary: The Optimization Engineer will support the development of new and existing optimization and forecasting algorithms and related technologies. Essential Job Functions: - Work with Vice President, Strategic Technology and team to design, implement and improve optimization technologies around various energy-related problems. - Support research and development of new optimization algorithms and implementations when required to solve specific business problems - Develop necessary software for optimization and prediction models. - Design and build necessary systems for simulation and back-testing of optimiza...