About the Role
Your responsibilities:
You drive the development of ThermoVault’s Demand Response algorithms, focusing on a wide range of distributed, residential appliances such as heating & cooling appliances and electric vehicles.
You develop modeling, optimisation and control algorithms, hereby capturing values ranging from energy efficiency to nationwide Demand Response services (including FCR, aFRR).
In collaboration with our Demand Response experts, you translate energy market rules into specific optimisation constraints and you implement these within the relevant algorithms using Python. Supported by our IT team managing the CI/CD pipeline, you conduct simulation studies to deploying production-grade strategies.
You will be collaborating with all involved experts, including ThermoVault’s Demand Response and IT teams and the Ariston R&D team on commercial and innovation projects on a European scale. You will work in a highly-motivated scale-up environment with a strong focus on delivering real-world solutions.
Requirements
- You have a master or PhD in electrical engineering, software engineering, mathematical engineering, data science, computer science
- You have 4+ years of experience with mathematical optimization or with modeling and control systems for energy-related applications
- Experience in at least one of the 3 following dimensions is essential: balancing products, energy trading or electricity regulatory frameworks
- You have experience working in a production software environment using cloud technologies and Python code (ideally running in a real-time cloud environment)
- You are fluent in English; any other language is a plus.
- You identify with ThermoVault’s core values: ownership, excellence, and commitment to delivery.
- You have an analytical mindset and you work in a structured, organized, pragmatic and deliverable-focused way. You can gather data and take the straightest, no-nonsense path to a solution
- You can manage your work independently but also collaborate with the rest of the technical team
About the Company
ThermoVault is a rapidly growing scale-up that provides flexibility and energy services through the coordinated management of thousands of residential thermal appliances, including water heaters and heat pumps. Currently active in Belgium, France, and Italy, ThermoVault aims to expand its presence across the EU and beyond. This growth is supported by the participation of its main shareholder, Ariston Group, worldwide thermal appliance manufacturer and global market leader.
To support this ambition, ThermoVault is looking to strengthen its Demand Response division with a Head of Bidding, who will design bidding strategies to maximise the Virtual Power Plant value across flexibility markets.