Principal Research Scientist - Risk

📋 Description

• Lead Neara’s applied research function for infrastructure risk and resilience.
• Direct a team of researchers; set standards for risk modeling, uncertainty quantification, and
• Develop predictive models for equipment damage, vegetation failure, outage likelihood/duration, and
• Design decision models quantifying operational and economic consequences of resilience investments.
• Quantify value of data (pole loading, inspections, new devices, remote sensing) empirically and

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in statistics, applied mathematics, physics, CS, OR, engineering, or related field.
• Proven track record leading a substantial research program as group leader or industry principal.
• Experience building technical teams and setting research direction.
• Extensive experience in probabilistic modeling, uncertainty quantification, model validation
• Substantial experience modeling operational systems (insurance/catastrophe modeling, weather

🎁 Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation with substantial equity.
• Work on a cutting-edge, 3D physics-enabled platform for extreme events and infrastructure
• Freedom to define Neara’s research modeling function and agenda.
• Central role in shaping long-term product roadmap and analytical standards.
• Flexible hours and arrangements to support optimal work.