Senior Data Scientist: Battery Storage Analytics & Modeling

Power Factors; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Factors, Boston-based, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – BESS to lead the design of advanced analytics for battery energy storage systems. You will work on high‑impact models using Python and modern ML frameworks to improve asset performance, health estimation, and revenue optimization.

You'll collaborate with software, product, and customer teams to translate real-world challenges into production‑grade analytics that power large-scale deployments across global BESS fleets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in energy with utility-scale BESS experience.
• Hands-on experience with BMS data, SCADA, and high-frequency time series.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-impact analytics opportunities for BESS performance, health, and revenue optimization.
• Lead production-grade analytics from concept to deployment in collaboration with product and engineering teams.
• Leverage large BESS datasets to build scalable, interpretable models used across global fleets.
• Engage with technically sophisticated customers to explain methods, assumptions, and results.

Skills

Python

Time-series

BESS

Statistical modelling

ML & AI

Git

Communication

Education

PhD or MS in a quantitative field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

Job description

Power Factors, Boston-based, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – BESS to lead the design of advanced analytics for battery energy storage systems. You will work on high‑impact models using Python and modern ML frameworks to improve asset performance, health estimation, and revenue optimization.

You'll collaborate with software, product, and customer teams to translate real-world challenges into production‑grade analytics that power large-scale deployments across global BESS fleets.