based in san francisco pacific gas and electric company a subsidiary of pge corporation nysepcg is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the united states and we deliver some of the nations cleanest energy to our customers in northern and central california for pge together building a better california is not just a slogan its the very core of our mission and the scale by which we measure our success we know that the nearly 16 million people who do business with our company count on our more than 24000 employees for far more than the delivery of utility services they along with every citizen of the state we call home also expect pge to help improve their quality of life the economic vitality of their communities and the prospect for a better future fueled by clean safe reliable and affordable energy pacific gas and electric company is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin ancestry sex age religion physical or mental disability status medical condition protected veteran status marital status pregnancy sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job department overview the strategic data science team utilizes advanced modeling and data science to drive pges transition to the sustainable grid of the future through quantitative decisionmaking this work moves beyond descriptive reporting and is focused on driving the business forward through applied statistics predictive and prescriptive analytics and insightful tool design the cornerstone of these high value analytics is one of the largest smart meter usage databases in the industry that when combined with billing program engagement customer demographic grid and other data sources has unprecedented potential current and past projects include development of computer vision models aimed at accelerating and automating asset inspections processes optimizing nonwires alternative resource portfolios including location and resource adequacy considerations predicting electric distribution equipment failure before it occurs allowing for proactive maintenance analyzing customer demographic program participation and smartmeter interval data to build program targeted propensity models assessing the impact and viability of grid edge technologies and distributed energy resources supervised and unsupervised machine learning models using python and spark executed on aws position summary we are looking for a senior data scientist to work on one or more of the areas mentioned above the strategic data science team is looking to expand on its data science capabilities you will have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of utility industry analytics in this role you will work as part of cross functional teams including other data scientists technology experts and subject matter experts to develop data driven solutions it is the perfect role for someone who would like to continue to build upon their professional experience and gain a comprehensive view of the nations most advance smart grid job