Senior Quantitative Analyst, Asset Failure & Risk Strategy

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Principal Quantitative Analyst to advance asset insights for the Distribution Asset Risk Management team. You will develop scalable analytical solutions using structured and unstructured data across PG&E and apply AI/ML to enhance failure review and risk mitigation.

You will work across a modern analytics stack including Python, SQL, Palantir Foundry and BI tools, collaborating with engineers, asset managers, and regulatory teams to drive actionable

Qualifications

• Expertise in quantitative energy system modeling and analysis.
• Knowledge of data science, machine learning, operations research, engineering, or economics analytical modeling tools and programming languages.
• Experience at electric utilities, regulatory agencies, or energy market participants.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex analytical issues into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Manages cross-functional and cross-company projects and defends findings to leadership.
• Develops best practices and models with utilities and industry groups.
• Develops and evaluates advanced quantitative tools and analyzes solutions.
• Identifies future challenges and innovates on models and assumptions.
• Coaches and mentors others.
• Influences policy and program strategy at utilities and regulators.
• Sponsors testimony on complex analysis and policy issues.
• Assesses third-party work and aligns with internal outputs.
• Improves business processes through quantitative analytics.
• Builds relationships with stakeholders and represents PG&E at external forums.
• Creates data mining architectures and analyses to identify failure patterns.
• Applies data science, ML, and AI to develop predictive models for asset failure risk.
• Partners with engineers and asset teams to ensure actionable outputs.

Skills

Python

SQL

Palantir Foundry

BI tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science / related field

Master’s Degree

Doctorate

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Principal Quantitative Analyst to advance asset insights for the Distribution Asset Risk Management team. You will develop scalable analytical solutions using structured and unstructured data across PG&E and apply AI/ML to enhance failure review and risk mitigation.

You will work across a modern analytics stack including Python, SQL, Palantir Foundry and BI tools, collaborating with engineers, asset managers, and regulatory teams to drive actionable