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Staff Data Scientist
Date : Feb 21, 2025
Location(s) : Denver, CO, US, 80201
Company : NextEra Energy
Requisition ID : 85887
is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and a world leader in battery storage. We provide energy-related products and services that grow our economy, protect the environment, support our communities and help customers meet their energy needs. We are leading the decarbonization of the U.S. economy with our goal to reach Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in creating a cleaner environment for future generations? Join our world-class, innovative team today.
Position Specific Description
Is creating a sustainable future important to you? NextEra Energy is developing cutting-edge geospatial data science solutions to accelerate renewable development and build the grid of tomorrow—come join our world-class team today! The Staff Data Scientist for the Transmission Fundamentals team will be responsible for developing novel datasets, conducting geospatial analyses using programmatic tools, and providing cartography to support transmission and renewable energy projects across the United States and Canada. The candidate will work collaboratively with a team of other geospatial data scientists and power modelers. Successful candidates will have demonstrated fluency in working with diverse geospatial and time-series data along with experience in algorithm development and data visualization. This position is part of a team performing technical modeling and analysis to identify, evaluate, and support development of new transmission and renewable energy projects. Our goal is to identify opportunities where others have not!
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with colleagues to create new datasets and tools for broad-scale geospatial analysis to be used to identify, design, and evaluate transmission and renewable energy opportunities
Produce, manipulate, and harmonize datasets to support automated analyses
Collaborate with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to arrive at the most cost-effective and competitive transmission and renewable energy solutions
Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Desired Qualifications
Experience in geospatial data analysis and modeling, preferably including open-source geospatial libraries
Programming skills in Python and experience with Git
Ability to coordinate activities with multiple internal and external SMEs
Experience with HPC and / or cloud computing (e.g., AWS)
Background in geography, environmental science, renewable energy, or power systems
Applications to this job posting will be accepted through March 28th, 2025
Job Overview
This position is responsible for leading the development of algorithms, modeling techniques, and optimization methods that support many aspects of NextEra and FPL business. Employees in this role use knowledge of machine learning, optimization, statistics, and applied mathematics along with abilities in software engineering with a focus on distributed computing and data storage infrastructure (i.e., “Big Data”).
Job Duties & Responsibilities
Provide thought leadership, set technical strategy, and identify possible uses of data science methods
Explain methods and results to upper-level executives
Develop machine learning, optimizations or other modeling solutions
Oversee related employee work, learn new techniques being developed
Prepares comprehensive documented observations, analyses and interpretations of results including technical reports, summaries, protocols and quantitative analyses
Works with big data and distributed computing platforms
Develops software and contributes to product development
Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree
Experience : 8 years
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree
Doctoral Degree
The estimated base pay for this position is $172,000.00 to $258,000.00 per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education / training.
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Clickto learn more.
Employee Group : Exempt
Employee Type : Full Time
Job Category : Science, Research, and Technology
Organization : NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided : Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.
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Salary : $172,000 - $258,000
