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Description

Interested in driving data science innovation as part of an industry-leading team?

E Source is growing! We’re looking for a geospatial and remote-sensing data scientist to collaborate on the development of ground-breaking data science applications that change the way utilities understand and manage their grid. We tackle challenging projects such as:

• Analyzing aerial and satellite imagery and LiDAR and topography data
• Forecasting the impact of severe weather on the performance and operations of massive utility networks
• Using remote sensing to predict tree presence, height, and productivity

For these and other projects we use a combination of machine-learning models, inference-based statistics, and remote-sensing methods.

Our ideal candidate has significant experience conducting remote sensing and geospatial analytics in either Python, R, or PostGIS. Geospatial programming experience and familiarity with packages such as arcpy, GDAL, OGR, shapely, geopandas, sf, and terra for raster and vector analytics is a prerequisite.

As with any successful analytics project, it all starts with the data, so you should have experience extracting and transforming data from a variety of spatial formats and merging complex data sources that vary spatially and temporally. We use a variety of remote-sensing data sources such as satellite and aerial imagery, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and LiDAR. Familiarity with one or more of these remote-sensing products and related applications is a plus. Experience with data-driven models using remotely sensed weather observations, and/or vegetation and wildfire ecology data is also beneficial. Data science and statistical modelling is a plus but not a requirement. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCS) is also a bonus.

E Source provides predictive data science, research and advisory, and solution services to help utilities make decisions that benefit their customers, their bottom line, and our planet.

What you’ll do

To be a good fit for E Source Data Science, you should thrive in team-based, collaborative projects from conception to release and be eager to support customer communication and collaboration by participating in workshops and project-update meetings. The ability to simplify complex analyses into understandable concepts that are applicable to utility management and operations staff is highly desired. Ultimately, your impactful work will help enhance utilities decision-making around improved electric reliability and work efficiency in both the transmission and distribution sectors.

Our team has diverse applied backgrounds in ecology, meteorology, remote sensing, hydrology, and image analytics. We’re a remotely based, collaborative team pushing the envelope of spatial analytics with all types of geospatial data. The ideal candidate has a BS, MS, or PhD in geography, ecology, or remote sensing. A background in an applied field that complements remote-sensing expertise is an asset (such as an applied discipline–specific expertise with a geospatial skill set). You should have a track record of efficiently conducting remote-sensing projects either academically or professionally over at least a two- (junior) or five-year period (senior).

What will make you a good fit:

• BS, MS, or PhD in a spatial analysis–related field of study
• Domain expertise in remote-sensing processing and geospatial analytics
• Proficiency conducting remote sensing and geospatial programming and analytics in Python, R, or PostGIS
• Familiarity with packages such as arcpy, GDAL, OGR, shapely, geopandas, sf, and terra for raster and vector analytics
• Experience developing reusable R or Python packages with code repositories
• Familiarity using remote-sensing data sources such as satellite and aerial imagery, SAR, and LiDAR
• Experience communicating complex technical concepts to a nontechnical audience
• A creative mind, keen ability, and the initiative to think beyond

A little about E Source

Utilities across the US and Canada face the same fundamental, day-to-day challenges: to ensure reliable service for every customer while maintaining and modernizing aging distribution networks and meeting regulatory requirements—all while keeping rates affordable. At the same time, climate change has created a common, universal call to action: to reduce our carbon impact, improve our environment, and ensure the prosperity of future generations.

At E Source, we’re dedicated to helping every utility become a Sustainable Utility. That means doing the hard work it takes to achieve goals that often seem at odds with one another:

• Environmental responsibility: Decarbonizing operations, reducing emissions, eliminating water leaks, and finding efficiencies
• Reliability: Providing safe, continuous, and consistent service in the face of increasing volatility caused by climate change, including extreme weather, drought, and fire
• Equity: Making services and programs truly available to all, especially low- and moderate-income residential customers and small and midsize businesses who are often disproportionately impacted by societal events
• Financial stability: Ensuring a bottom line that affords capital and operational expenditures while enabling innovation and giving back to our communities

E Source blends industry-leading research, predictive data science, and solution services to help utilities make better decisions to serve their customers, their bottom line, and our planet. With a commitment to practical innovation, we use more than three decades of utility-focused experience and our unique solution set to help our clients become a Sustainable Utility.

Benefits

• We offer excellent insurance packages, including medical, dental, and vision plans; company-paid life insurance; company-paid long- and short-term disability insurance; and medical and dependent-care flexible spending plans.

• We provide a flexible time off (FTO) program; E Source employees can take as many paid days off per year as they need, with manager approval, while fulfilling their work obligations and ensuring proper coverage of their responsibilities.
• We offer flexible schedules, flexible work locations, and a paid parental leave benefit.
• We provide a 401(k)/RRSP plan with a 3% employer match.

We are currently accepting applications for levels II, III, and IV for this role.

The budgeted salary for this position is $90,000 to $145,000USD + annual bonus up to 8% (depending on level). Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.

This role will be 100% remote.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Employees of E Source are encouraged to apply. To foster a positive work environment and company culture, we support our employees in their career growth at E Source.  Employees who are interested in similar job opportunities in the future should visit the E Source careers page for a listing of all open positions and contact Human Resources to express interest. 

We contact applicants directly via email using only our designated company email addresses with the domain of @esource.com. Please do not provide personal information to anyone over email and be wary of other accounts impersonating businesses.

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