Careers at Urbio

Energy Engineering Intern

At Urbio, we are accelerating the decarbonization of buildings globally with AI. Our mission is to empower the key actors of the energy transition with innovative software to plan future-proof systems to heat, cool and electrify buildings. We’re looking for impact-driven people to build together a globally leading software company on the forefront of generative design and AI.

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About the job

We are looking for a highly motivated intern to assist us in developing and extending our energy models with state-of-the-art methodologies and latest data. During your internship, you will work with our product and commercial teams to support them in their current tasks.

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Responsibilities

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Your tasks will be to...

• develop and extend models for renewable energy potential estimation

• conduct municipal energy planning projects across European countries

• identify and integrate open data sources in our workflows

• explore new models for estimating building energy demand

• support the product and commercial team in constantly changing tasks

Qualifications

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For this position you need to...

• study engineering, computer science or related subjects

• have knowledge about energy systems, demand, potentials and/or distribution

• have programming experience (ideally in Python)

• work independently and communicate effectively within a team

You’re a great fit if you...

• have experience working with geospatial data (geopandas, QGIS, ArcGIS)

• have knowledge in energy modeling of buildings and cities

• have Machine Learning experience

• speak German or French

Offer

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Working at Urbio provides you with many learning opportunities in a highly motivated and qualified team. This is also your chance to gain practical experience in a fast-growing startup that targets an emerging international market.

Our core motivation at Urbio is to reduce the adverse impacts of cities. Your work has thus the potential to considerably improve many aspects of cities worldwide and will in particular allow cities to adopt more sustainable pathways.

Location & time

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Our team is spread across Switzerland. Depending on your location, we encourage in-person meetings in our Sion office or co-working spaces in Zürich or Lausanne.

We are very flexible concerning the timing of your internship, but you should dedicate 40%-100% of your time for a period of 3-6 months, ideally starting in early 2025.