Principal Data Scientist

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Principal Data Scientist for Wildfire Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of wildfire catastrophe models, including ignition and spread dynamics
• Build hazard models through simulations across geographically dispersed topologies
• Design risk and impact models to quantify potential consequences of wildfire events

Required Qualifications

• Deep expertise in building a range of wildfire models, including ignition and spread models
• Proven experience in building hazard models using wildfire simulations
• Extensive background in creating risk and impact models for estimating financial losses from wildfires
• Proficiency in applying AI/ML techniques and statistical methods for catastrophic risk models
• Master's or PhD in Remote Sensing, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or a related discipline