Lead, Infrastructure Risk & Resilience Research

Neara; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake

Flexible hours

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Neara in New York seeks a Principal Research Scientist - Risk to lead its internal research group focused on system resilience, reliability, and policy. You will define a research agenda, build predictive models for equipment damage, outages, and wildfire risk, and translate findings into practical tools for utilities.

You will manage a team of researchers, set rigorous standards for uncertainty quantification, and guide Neara’s long-term analytics roadmap through data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• PhD in statistics, applied mathematics, physics, computer science, OR engineering or comparable record of original research and applied technical work.
• Evidence of independently leading a substantial research program as a group leader or industry principal.
• Experience building technical teams and setting research direction.
• Extensive experience in probabilistic modeling, uncertainty quantification, model validation, scientific computing, and decision-making under incomplete information.
• Experience modeling operational systems such as insurance/catastrophe modeling; weather/climate hazards; outages in power systems; reliability engineering.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Neara’s applied research function for infrastructure risk and resilience.
• Direct a team of researchers and establish standards for risk modeling and decision-making.
• Develop predictive models for equipment damage, vegetation failure, outage likelihood and duration, wildfire risk.
• Design decision models quantifying operational and economic impacts of resilience investments.
• Quantify value of data through pole loading analysis, visual inspections, and new devices/remote sensing capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Probabilistic modeling

Uncertainty quantification

Scientific computing

Education

PhD required

Tools

Python

Matlab

Job description

Neara in New York seeks a Principal Research Scientist - Risk to lead its internal research group focused on system resilience, reliability, and policy. You will define a research agenda, build predictive models for equipment damage, outages, and wildfire risk, and translate findings into practical tools for utilities.

You will manage a team of researchers, set rigorous standards for uncertainty quantification, and guide Neara’s long-term analytics roadmap through data-driven insights.