DIMP Model Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of gas distribution risk models within Irth’s analytical framework.

• Collaborate with subject-matter experts and design-partner operators to establish gas distribution threat frameworks and model sets.

• Develop risk models and guide them through the validation process.

• Generate explainable, calibrated, and justifiable risk rankings for utility replacement programs and regulatory proceedings.

• Manage model content, detailing what the model calculates, the rationale behind it, and the evidence supporting its validity.

• Convert the gas distribution threat framework into systematic methods for threat identification and supporting data structures.

• Integrate model inputs from various datasets across Irth’s product offerings.

• Detect gaps, inconsistencies, and limitations in source data, and assess how they should be represented in model inputs and outputs.

• Broaden threat coverage to include legacy material corrosion, plastic embrittlement, excavation damage, cross-bores, and other gas distribution threats.

• Work closely with dedicated ML Ops and data engineering teams responsible for model serving, data pipelines, deployment, and monitoring infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• Relevant experience in gas distribution integrity management, encompassing program design, threat identification as per 49 CFR Part 192, Subpart P, and replacement prioritization.

• Familiarity with legacy material risks, including cast iron, bare steel, vintage plastics, and plastic embrittlement.

• Experience with leak survey, methane detection, and cross-bore programs.

• Application of machine learning to physical asset data, including time-series, survival, anomaly-detection, and classification models.

• Strong expertise in one or more pertinent capability areas.

• Curiosity and judgment to collaborate across different capability areas.

• Ability to work with subject-matter experts, ML Ops, and data engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

• 401(k) Plan with Company Match.

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Company-Paid Holidays.

• Flexible Work Options / work-from-home opportunities, depending on role and business needs.

• On-Call Compensation for eligible on-call shifts.