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Associate Data Scientist

NextEra Energy • Palm Beach Gardens, FL • 1h ago

Date: Jun 17, 2026

Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 95431

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation's most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

This role focuses on developing and deploying machine learning models and analytics solutions that drive reliability and performance across power generation fleets. The Associate Data Scientist will support predictive maintenance initiatives by building, validating, and improving algorithms that identify emerging equipment issues and enable proactive decision-making.

Key responsibilities include:

Developing and tuning machine learning and statistical models to improve alert quality, reduce noise, and increase actionable findings

Supporting model deployment and monitoring within enterprise platforms, ensuring performance, scalability, and data integrity

Analyzing operational and sensor data to uncover trends, failure precursors, and optimization opportunities across fossil and renewable assets

Collaborating closely with reliability engineers and cross-functional teams to translate business problems into analytical solutions

Contributing to continuous improvement of modeling frameworks, feature engineering, and feedback loops to enhance model effectiveness over time

The role requires a solid foundation in data science (machine learning, statistics), combined with practical software engineering skills and the ability to work with large, complex datasets in a production environment.

Job Overview

This position is responsible for developing algorithms, modeling techniques, and optimization methods that support many aspects of NextEra and FPL business. Employees in this role use knowledge of machine learning, optimization, statistics, and applied mathematics along with abilities in software engineering with a focus on distributed computing and data storage infrastructure (i.e., "Big Data").

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Develops machine learning, optimization and other modeling solutions

Prepares comprehensive documented observations, analyses and interpretations of results including technical reports, summaries, protocols and quantitative analyses

Works with big data and distributed computing platforms

Develops software and contributes to product development

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Experience: 0+ years

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Clickto learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Science, Research, and Technology

Organization: Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided: No

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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