6-12 Month Internship – Control and Optimization for Smart Grids

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  Princeton, New Jersey
·  Internal Services
·  242043
Corporate Technology

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Job Description

Organization: Corporate Technology
Business Unit: Research in Digitalization and Automation
Requisition Number: 242043
Primary Location: United States-New Jersey-Princeton
Assignment Category: Full-time temporary
Experience Level: Entry level
Education Required Level: Bachelor's Degree
Travel Required: No

Division Description:

For nearly 170 years, pioneering technologies and the business models developed from them have been the foundation of Siemens‘ success. Our central research and development unit, Corporate Technology (CT) plays an important role in this. Together with our global network of experts, we are a strategic partner to Siemens' operative units and provide important services along the entire value chain – from research and development to production and quality assurance, as well as optimized business processes. Our support provided to the businesses in their research and development activities is ideally balanced with our own future-oriented research.

We at Corporate Technology are more than employees: We are actively helping to make people's lives a little better every day. Would you like to be a part of that? Then join us. We offer you a high level of practical relevance as well as an opportunity to individually contribute your knowledge and your visions around the world. Whether you're helping to develop products for the operating units or working in interdisciplinary projects for the business areas: At Corporate Technology you'll be working in the heart of Siemens' technological research together with the best.

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Siemens US Talent Acquisition

6-12 Month Internship – Control and Optimization for Smart Grids

Are you interested in developing new control and optimization functions for real industrial smart grid applications? Here's the right internship opportunity for you!

Join our research group Autonomous Systems and Control located in Princeton, NJ, for a 6-12 full-time (40 hours/week) internship and investigate new control and optimization functions for smart grids. Our close contact to different business units in Siemens provides the opportunity to contribute to and gain experience in real industrial applications. During this internship, you will experience the excitement and challenges of industrial research. An internship with Siemens Corporate Technology is a great opportunity for students to gain real world experience in a diverse work environment in the US.

Our Princeton facility is recognized for providing a stimulating environment for highly talented and self-motivated students. You will have the opportunity to test your knowledge in a challenging problem-solving environment. You will be encouraged to think out-of-the-box, innovate and find solutions to real-life problems. Our team has a strong publication record in leading journals and conferences.


Siemens Background


For nearly 170 years, pioneering technologies, and the business models developed from them, have been the foundation of Siemens' success. Our central research and development unit, Corporate Technology (CT) plays an important role in this. Together with its global network of experts, CT is a strategic partner to Siemens' operative units. It provides important services along the entire value chain – from research and development to production and quality assurance, as well as optimized business processes. The support provided to the businesses in their research and development activities is ideally balanced with CT's own future-oriented research. Siemens' central research and development arm sees itself as a strategic partner to the company's businesses. It plays a key role in achieving and maintaining leading competitive positions in the fields of electrification and automation while at the same time helping Siemens fully tap into the growth field of digitalization.

Our Princeton facility is recognized for providing a stimulating environment for highly talented and self-motivated students. You will have the opportunity to test your knowledge in a challenging problem-solving environment. You will be encouraged to think out-of-the-box, innovate and find solutions to real-life problems. Our team has a strong publication record in leading journals and conferences.

What are my responsibilities?

·  You will contribute to industrial research projects on control and optimization for power systems and smart grid
·  You will collaborate and exchange ideas with experts in the fields of control and optimization
·  You will implement concepts and solutions in prototypes and hardware.

What skills are needed to qualify for this internship?

·  A current MS or PHD student pursuing a degree in Engineering or Mathematics. Please note, you must still be enrolled as a student during the internship period to qualify for the position.
·  Profound knowledge of advanced automatic control (optimal, robust, and model-predictive control) and/or optimization concepts
·  Experience in advanced algorithm prototyping
·  Good programming knowledge in MATLAB and C++, e.g. writing reusable code
·  Practical experience in research on control and optimization
·  Laboratory experience in electrical testbeds and embedded systems preferred
·  Domain knowledge in power systems preferred
·  Excellent team working and communication (verbal & written) skills in English
·  Flexibility and adaptability to work in a growing, dynamic, interdisciplinary team of experts

May consider sponsorship of short-term J-1 visa students (6-12months), dependent upon program requirements.

Successful candidate must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US Export Control Law. US Export Control laws and applicable regulations govern the distribution of strategically important technology, services and information to foreign nationals and foreign countries. Siemens may require candidates under consideration for employment opportunities to submit information regarding citizenship status to allow the organization to comply with specific US Export Control laws and regulations. Additional information on the US Export Control laws & regulations can be found onhttps://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/deemed-exports/deemed-exports-faqs

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through the separately managed company Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the world market for passenger and freight services. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. In fiscal 2018, which ended on September 30, 2018, Siemens generated revenue of €83.0 billion and net income of €6.1 billion. At the end of September 2018, the company had around 379,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet atwww.siemens.com .

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