About this role
About the role
Aurora is seeking an Associate to join our India Grid Research team in Gurugram. This is a quantitative and client-facing role at the intersection of power systems, electricity markets and investment analysis. You will play a central role in the continued rollout and development of Aurora’s India Grid product, helping developers, investors and lenders understand how transmission build-out, grid congestion, connectivity and curtailment affect renewable projects and investment decisions. You will take ownership of analytical workstreams and the delivery of Grid coverage across individual Indian states and regions. This will include analysing transmission infrastructure and connection queues, developing and quality-assuring forward-looking grid and curtailment analysis, and translating complex technical outputs into clear commercial insights.
- We are looking for someone who combines four core strengths: Engineering and grid understanding – a strong understanding of power systems, transmission networks and the physical drivers of congestion and curtailment.
- Quantitative modelling – the ability to work confidently with complex datasets and modelling frameworks to develop robust forward-looking analysis.
- Market understanding – an understanding of how generation, demand, storage, transmission and electricity-market dynamics interact, and what these changes mean commercially.
- Communication – the ability to turn sophisticated technical analysis into clear, compelling insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- You will work closely with Aurora’s India Research, Grid modelling and Software teams and have the opportunity to develop deep expertise in India’s rapidly evolving power system.
- Own the rollout and ongoing development of Aurora’s Grid analysis across new and/or existing Indian regions, taking responsibility for analytical delivery, quality assurance and ongoing updates.
- Analyse India’s transmission system, including network build-out, connectivity queues, transmission constraints, project commissioning timelines and grid headroom.
- Develop and quality-assure quantitative analysis of congestion and renewable curtailment, assessing how these evolve as generation, storage, demand and transmission capacity change.
- Work closely with Aurora’s Modelling team to translate engineering, power-system and electricity-market assumptions into robust forward-looking analysis.
- Combine grid modelling with electricity-market fundamentals to understand the commercial implications of transmission constraints and curtailment for renewable and storage assets.
- Analyse large and complex datasets using tools such as Python, SQL and Excel, improving analytical processes and identifying opportunities for automation.
- Translate complex modelling results into clear, commercially relevant conclusions, explaining what is happening, why it is happening and what it means for developers, investors and lenders.
- Communicate Aurora’s analysis confidently through client meetings, subscriber calls, webinars, reports and presentations, adapting technical detail to different audiences.
- Work collaboratively across Research, Modelling and Software teams, clearly communicating assumptions, analytical issues and development priorities.
- Support and review the work of Analysts and interns contributing to infrastructure tracking, data collection and validation.