Principal Research Scientist - Risk
Core
Define research agendas and build statistical/decision models to assess infrastructure risk, resilience, and reliability for global utilities using network-scale data.
Role type
Principal Research Scientist (Risk & Resilience)
Builds
Generalizable models of asset failure, decision models for resilience investments, and data value quantification tools.
Domain
Energy infrastructure, power grid reliability, and risk modeling
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Probabilistic modeling, uncertainty quantification, decision modeling, scientific computing, model validation, research agenda definition (via careerplan.io/jobs/c4c6e1be-db06-4917-8a6e-d4f5e362cbc8-principal-research-scientist-risk-at-neara)
Preferred skills
Catastrophe modeling, weather prediction, climate hazard analysis, reliability engineering, insurance modeling
Technologies
Statistical modeling frameworks, decision optimization tools, scientific computing environments
Responsibilities
Establish standards for risk modeling and uncertainty quantification; develop predictive models for equipment damage and outage likelihood; design decision models for operational and economic consequences of investments; quantify the value of data and interventions.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
