OverviewPNNL's Earth System Science Division enables energy independence and national security through leadership in earth systems science, engineering, and decision analytics. Our work focuses on solving complex problems in the dynamic Earth system. Our interdisciplinary scientists steward a breadth of efforts that encompass research on plants to groundwater science and coastal zones, to storm prediction.Our research focuses on understanding and mitigating operational risks at the interface of human and natural environments. This includes predicting the impacts of natural hazards and extreme climate events on Earth and human systems, along with the impacts of wildfire, flooding, sea level rise and storm surges. We focus on understanding and mitigating environmental contamination and increasing the resiliency, security and sustainability of water resources. We provide geointelligence through advanced sensing and data analytics to forecast complex system behaviors and operational performance to understand human-natural systems. This includes informed decision making and enhanced community resilience, advanced monitoring, and remote sensing of environmental systems for energy and national security. It also includes developing energy systems, including geothermal energy, sustainable oil and gas production, storage and utilization, along with carbon sequestration.Driven by a “science-to-solutions” philosophy, we provide scientific leadership and technology to enhance national security, mitigate natural hazards and optimize disaster response. In the critical areas of energy, environment, intelligence, and defense, we deliver insights and decision support through the development of tools and solutions.ResponsibilitiesWe are seeking early-career data scientists who are smart, creative, and motivated to work with us on a variety of programmatic risk projects, preferably with demonstrated experience in quantitative risk modeling. The successful candidate will use their expertise in risk management and data modeling to have sufficient depth of understanding of uncertainty methods to be comfortable applying them to one or more applications, including risk, nuclear energy, resilience, climate change, national security, natural systems, regulatory compliance, and complex engineered systems. This Level 1 position is based on a candidate having conceptual knowledge and practical experience in data science, to use best practices to improve risk analysis products. The candidate should be able to solve straightforward problems, complete work with some guidance and direction from others, will continue to develop additional skill sets, uses additional procedures to solve standard problems, and works within PNNL’s guidelines and policies to meet objectives.The successful candidate will be responsible for:
Conducting quantitative analysis, such as a schedule risk analysis or quantitative analysis using an in-house material production risk model.
Working independently with little to no oversite.
Developing or contributing to technical risk-related products within the required level of quality, timeliness, and cost guidelines provided by the project manager.
Effectively communicating uncertainty concepts and results, including contributing to the preparation of high-quality presentations and reports.
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:
BS/BA or higher
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree in a technical field such as Mathematics.
Knowledge of and practical experience in use of quantitative risk models.
Knowledge of and practical experience in analysis methods including Monte Carlo analysis and Discreet Event Simulations (DES).
The successful candidate will have a broad range of skills and familiarity with several of the following areas: probability, statistics, risk analysis, risk elicitation, modeling and simulation, and mathematical modeling.
Past performance must demonstrate attributes of being self-motivated and self-directed.
In addition to analytical skills, a successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communications skills and experience in preparing and reviewing the results of technical reports.
Familiarity with Java, Python, Matlab, QGIS, and Github
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