National Renewable Energy Laboratory · 5 hours ago

Graduate Intern (9 months) – Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Energy Systems

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Internship, Full-time

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Intern/New Grad

$43K/yr - $68K/yr

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Responsibilities

Collaborate with NREL domain scientists to develop zero-knowledge proofs for identity verification mechanisms in DER systems.

Analyze privacy preservation through formal security proofs

Conduct experiments to demonstrate the scalability of ZKP-based identity verification mechanisms

Author, present and assist in the preparation of technical papers, reports and conference proceedings on topics related to zero-knowledge proofs and zero-trust architecture.

Qualification

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Applied CryptographyZero-Knowledge ProofsComputer SecurityPythonC++RustGitHubFormal Security ProofsPrivacy-Preserving AIDifferential PrivacyFederated LearningPower SystemsRenewable EnergyTechnical Writing

Required

Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

Undergraduate: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a bachelor’s degree program from an accredited institution.

Post Undergraduate: Earned a bachelor’s degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.

Graduate: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a master’s degree program from an accredited institution.

Post Graduate: Earned a master’s degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.

Graduate + PhD: Completed master’s degree and enrolled as PhD student from an accredited institution.

The successful candidate will have completed or be enrolled in a graduate degree in engineering, computer science, data science, physics, applied math, or related field.

Demonstrated experience in the field of applied cryptography, especially zero-knowledge proofs.

Strong background in computer security and privacy, familiar with recent advances in privacy-enhancing technologies and zero-knowledge proofs.

Strong foundation in at least one of the following coding languages: Python, C++, Rust and collaborative software development experience (i.e. using GitHub for version control).