Senior Data Science Innovator

All locations

Bristol, United Kingdom

Oslo, Norway

Barcelona, Spain

Business:

Energy Systems

Contract type:

Permanent Employee

Job ID:

6911

Overview

About us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About the role

Are you excited by the idea of using data science to tackle real-world challenges and drive meaningful impact?

We are looking for a Senior Data Science Innovator to join our Strategy, Innovation & Partnerships (SIP) team, where data science meets customer-led innovation and propels energy transition impact.

In this role you won’t just build models, you’ll help discover the right problems to solve, working directly with customers to uncover pain points and turn ideas into scalable digital solutions. From early-stage experimentation to production-ready products, you’ll play a key role in shaping the next generation of data-driven offerings for critical energy infrastructure.

You will work within one of our innovation labs, collaborating in multidisciplinary teams to tackle challenges that are technically demanding, strategically relevant, and highly impactful. You‘ll be part of a team that develops and test pilots with customers, and mature solutions into MVPs for handover and scaling by product teams. In SIP, we focus on delivering innovation that reaches customers; you will shape this journey from the outset and see your work evolve from an idea into scalable solutions that can impact multi‑gigawatt renewable systems alongside other industries and make the energy transition safer for people and the environment.

What you will do

Uncover customers’ pain-points and desired gains

Discover and define the problem worth solving by interviewing customers, and mapping inefficiencies in internal processes

Develop and deliver analytical solutions

Design, build, and refine models and algorithms supporting experiments, prototypes, and minimum viable products, using statistical and machine learning approaches

Translate ideas into structured solutions

Turn business or innovation ideas into testable experiments to validate against the data or with the stakeholders

Own end-to-end delivery

Lead analytical workstreams from problem framing to prototype development, validation, and handover to production or scaling teams

Collaborate and influence stakeholders

Work closely with experiment managers, engineers, domain experts, and product teams to build alignment, communicate insights, and ensure adoption of solutions

Provide technical leadership

Mentor other team members, share best practices, and contribute to internal data science communities

If you are motivated by innovation, experimentation, and making a tangible difference in the energy transition, this is your opportunity to be part of a team turning data into impactful solutions that matter. Join a team working at the intersection of data science, innovation, and strategy, tackling complex and impactful challenges in the energy transition.

What we offer

Our benefits offering is aligned to local market practices and will vary depending on the country of employment, specifically the United Kingdom, Spain or Norway.

About you

You are a proactive and innovative data scientist who thrives in ambiguous environments and enjoys solving complex, real-world problems. You combine strong technical expertise with a structured, customer-focused mindset. In addition to that we look for you to bring:

Must-have experience

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Physics

Significant experience in data science or applied analytics

Proven ability to work independently on loosely defined problems and turn them into structured, testable solutions

Experience delivering end-to-end data science solutions, from exploration to deployment or handover

Experience working with business stakeholders or product teams

Technical skills

Solid understanding of statistical methods and machine learning techniques, focused on timeseries data and text

Strong programming skills in Python and experience with standard data science libraries such as pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, tensorflow, pytorch

Experience working with data systems, structured and unstructured databases such as ClickHouse or MongoDB

Familiarity with APIs, pipelines, kubernetes and linux environments.

Experience with version control tools such as Git and containerisation tools such as Docker

Ways of working

High level of ownership and autonomy, combined with a collaborative and team-oriented approach

Strong problem-solving mindset, with the ability to structure complex challenges independently

Innovator’s mindset, centred around problem discovery, experimentation, and pivoting; you see change as an opportunity rather than a problem

You are comfortable working in a safe environment where ideas are challenged respectfully, and the best outcomes are prioritized over individual ownership

Ability to work effectively in cross-functional and innovation-driven environments

Nice to have

Ability to identify and validate customer problems through interviews, research, and synthesis of insights.

Exposure to energy systems or other complex industrial domains

Experience with data visualization and building web apps with React, Dash, Streamlit or any other frameworks

Experience mentoring or supporting other data scientists

Experience developing AI apps (chatbots, copilots, agents), computer vision, advanced NLP, physics-informed neural networks

Please note that this position role is based in our Bristol, Barcelona or Oslo offices. Applicants must be located within a reasonable commuting distance of one of these offices.

Benefits

Please note, benefits may depend on your contract type, please confirm with your recruiter.

Profit Share

You’ll be part of our global profit share scheme that means we all share in our success as a business. If we profit, so do you. This will be part of our Total Compensation approach each year and depends on our year-end results.

Insurance

Taking care of you with travel, life, and accident insurance.

Pension Schemes

We care about your long-term financial security and prioritize pension and retirement benefits to reflect our caring values.

Professional Development

We believe in the 70/20/10 learning model, where 70% of your learning comes from performing your everyday tasks and working on different projects, new areas and initiatives to gain new skills. 20% from working with others and mentoring and the rest from formal education.

Hybrid Working

Adapting to the changing world of work around the world.

Purpose-led organization

You become part of a world-leading company where we know and live our purpose; to safeguard life, property, and the environment, with the opportunity to tackle global change through your work.

Supportive and caring culture

We offer opportunities to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community CONNECT, organizes after-work events and informal meetings throughout the year.

Attractive rewards

We focus on work/life balance and offer employees flexible working hours and workplace, annual vacation allowance, competitive pension, insurance, and a global profit share scheme.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At DNV, our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not only an ethical choice, but also a business decision.

Diversity, fairness, and a sense of belonging are a source of strength for our people, our business, and our customers, and help us to deliver on our purpose, vision, and values.

Working here

Since 1864 we’ve been dedicated to safeguarding life, property and the environment. Today we remain at the forefront of new technologies and techniques to help our customers transform for a more sustainable future.

At DNV you can expect to deliver career and industry defining work. You’ll be given the time to build your network, the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.