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Southern California Edison (SCE) · 20 hours ago

Data Scientist, Advisor

Southern California Edison (SCE) is committed to fueling innovation in the energy sector. As a Data Scientist, Advisor, you will partner with various teams to deliver data-driven solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and reliability while evolving data science capabilities and infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

Cooperates with various stakeholders across the organization to understand and define solutions for complex, data-intensive business problems requiring advanced analytics
Facilitates the development of predictive and prescriptive models using cutting-edge techniques to derive impactful insights and guide data-driven decision making
Identifies and implements new data collection sources and methods to build robust datasets for modeling
Leads data preparation and integration processes for large, varied datasets; ensures data quality and integrity
Drives selection and preparation of data tailored to specific business use cases and analytics projects
Leads development and enhancement of advanced analytical models using statistical, algorithmic, data mining and visualization techniques to uncover insights
Improves existing quantitative models leveraging latest analytical tools and techniques using novel AI/ML trends
Performs sophisticated analytics and translates outputs into understandable, actionable insights and recommendations for stakeholders
Researches industry trends and emerging tools, methods and models; provides insights on their potential business application and adoption
Continues developing data science relationships and participating in industry groups and events to stay current on techniques
A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity

Qualification

Data ScienceMachine LearningStatistical AnalysisCloud PlatformsData AnalyticsStakeholder EngagementCuriosityCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or Business Analytics
Five or more years of experience in data analytics related work
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, business analytics = 2 years of experience credit

Preferred

Experience designing and delivering production-grade data science or AI/ML solutions, including conventional machine learning and deep learning approaches such as computer vision and large language models, applied to real-world operational and business problems
Experience leading the end-to-end model development lifecycle, including problem formulation, method selection, data exploration, feature engineering, model training and evaluation, and deployment of production-ready solutions
Hands-on experience working with diverse data types and formats, including tabular and time-series data, imagery, video, LiDAR or other spatial data, and unstructured text or audio recordings
Experience using cloud-based data and AI/ML platforms (e.g., GCP, Azure, AWS)
Ability to balance individual ownership with effective collaboration across cross-functional teams
Demonstrated operational mindset, balancing technical rigor with practical constraints such as data quality, system dependencies, timelines, budget, and evolving business needs
Strong client-facing and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience leading problem discovery discussions and translating complex business needs into well-scoped analytical and AI solutions
Curiosity and ability to stay current with emerging data science and AI technologies, with a pragmatic approach to evaluating and adopting new methods and tools for development and production use in an operational environment

Company

Southern California Edison (SCE)

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As one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, we’re bringing more clean and renewable sources of energy to Southern California.

H1B Sponsorship

Southern California Edison (SCE) has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2023 (6)
2022 (3)
2021 (2)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$2B
2025-01-09Debt Financing· $1.5B
2024-09-03Debt Financing· $500M

Leadership Team

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Michael Backstrom
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
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Lizeth Ruvalcaba
Senior Manager Human Resources Operations
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