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Distinguished Engineer - AI & Data Science

The Energy Systems Catapult.

Energy Systems Catapult was set up to accelerate the transformation of the UK’s energy system and ensure UK businesses and consumers capture the opportunities of clean growth. The Catapult is an independent, not-for-profit centre of excellence that bridges the gap between industry, government, academia and research. We take a whole-systems view of the energy sector, helping us to identify and address innovation priorities and market barriers, in order to decarbonise the energy system at the lowest cost.

In doing so, we seek to open up routes to market for innovators, as well as supporting them to understand how their products, services and value propositions fit into the transforming energy system.

During lockdown, we have been working remotely and as we begin to focus more on the future, we intend to embrace a new refreshing way to utilise our office in Birmingham City Centre . As a consequence we are developing a flexible approach to the workplace , which ensures we keep some of the benefits of home working whilst enabling the Catapult to operate efficiently, this hybrid way of working may result in the majority of us working from home for a good chunk of the time, merging the best bits of both office and home working

Capabilities

We take a whole systems approach to help build consensus on a shared sense of direction on the transition, both to inform innovation priorities and to enable integration that enhances efficiency in the energy system. We have a wide range of technical, commercial, regulatory and policy specialists with expertise across the whole energy system to help innovators overcome the barriers blocking routes to market.

We are particularly interested to hear from you, if your expertise sit’s within one of the areas outlined below:

  • Data Science/Machine Learning/AI
  • Systems Architecture + Systems Engineering
  • Software Development ( Developers / Dev Op's/ Scrum Masters)
  • Engineering/Modelling/Analysts
  • Consumer Insight / User Interface
  • Product Management
  • Programme & Project Management
  • Policy /Economics
  • Business Development / Commercial
  • Operations (Finance/HR/Procurement/Legal/Marketing & Communications)

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