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Research Scientist @Chelsea Avondale

[Hiring] Research Scientist @Chelsea Avondale

Mar 27, 2025 - Chelsea Avondale is hiring a remote Research Scientist. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: Canada.

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Role Description

This role will be joining the cornerstone of our organization - our engineering division, Skynet Software.

  • Work with a team of established scientists and engineers with a diverse background in modelling and research.
  • Contribute to the scientific and technological development of severe natural hazard models (e.g., wildfire, flood, windstorms) and their applications.
  • Champion the development cycle from data cleaning thru implementation.
  • Provide critical evaluation of scientific literature and engage industry experts to help formulate solutions to specific problems.
  • Leverage libraries and packages in Python to write scientific code that is modular, fast and easy.
  • Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise.
  • Calibration and validation of the individual model components, including benchmarking to historical events.
  • Research, vet and augment various datasets from different sources including remotely sensed satellite imagery, geospatial and environmental information, weather data, with a focus on the need for statistical credibility at all times.
  • Evaluate model outputs in time and space using GIS tools.

Qualifications

  • BSc, MSc, or PhD in Applied Mathematics or Physics with an outstanding research track record.
  • Writing high-performance scientific code in Python.
  • Broad knowledge of mathematical modelling, numerical solutions to differential equations, optimization, uncertainty quantification, Monte Carlo simulations.
  • Experience with statistical evaluation of large, multi-dimensional datasets.
  • Demonstrated experience running computer-based experiments with geophysical applications.
  • Experience in academia or industry on related topics post PhD will be beneficial.
  • Our ideal candidate has catastrophe modelling experience e.g., flood/wildfire/severe weather.

Company Description

Chelsea Avondale is the world’s most cutting edge home insurance group. We have developed the most sophisticated risk modelling and platform technologies for home insurance and deploy that technology through our own insurance company.

  • Our team consists of some of the brightest minds in scientific risk modelling, systems engineering, and insurance.
  • Our operations include our scientific research & engineering division (Skynet Software) and Canadian property & casualty insurance company (Max Insurance).
  • Together, our group is working to transform the Canadian and global insurance landscape.

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Research Scientist @Chelsea Avondale
Software Development
Salary 💸 unspecified
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Canada
Job Type unspecified
Posted Mar 27, 2025
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