Senior Applied Scientist

**What Do We Do?**:
Born in 2021 from the desire to make cities less polluted and quieter, Electra is helping to shift usage towards electric mobility by tackling the main barrier: charging.

**Electra is constantly innovating to make electric vehicle charging easier**, with a network of fast charging stations (20 minutes on average) and a maximally simplified user experience.

Based in Paris, Lyon, Bordeau, Nantes, Brussels, Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Munich, Milan and Amsterdam, **Electra's teams aim to deploy a network of 15,000 fast charging points by 2030**, proud to contribute to the energy transition in Europe.

In 4 years, we have:

- Deployed 480 stations and over 2000 fast-charging points

- Secured thousands of stations to establish Electra as a leader in the European market

- Opened several offices in France and Europe

- Raised over €750 million in equity and debt financing from renowned investors and institutions

- Joined the French Tech Next 40 and won the European Scale-up of the Year 2024 award

- Assembled a team of over 240 talentsand this is just the beginning

**Your Missions**:
Part of the Energy Science & Public Affairs team, you will **develop** **computational tools**to accelerate our ongoing efforts, especially **smart pricing**.

Setting the right pricing strategy is key to finding the right balance between competitiveness and profitability. You will:

- Collaborate with **cross-functional teams** across disciplines such as marketing, product, engineering, and operations to drive the development of our **smart** **pricing** **system**end-to-end from ideation to execution.
- Build our price** simulation**and** optimization engine** that generates fresh customer-relevant prices on all our stations from data such as the cost of energy, local constraints, demand, and competitive intelligence.

Design, run, analyze science-based **experiments**to estimate elasticities and draw detailed and actionable conclusions.

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**Your Profile**:
A **Senior Applied Scientist** with strong **quantitative skills**, foundations in **advanced computational methods** **(optimization, statistics, data science)** and strong **programming skills** (Python preferred but not required).

You are a strong **team player** and ready to collaborate with various teams in different countries. You also know how to **work independently**. You are eager to join a fast-growing scale up and the expanding Energy Team.

An **engineering** /** scientific** background is needed as well as strong **business acumen**. Previous experience with **applied energy systems modeling** and/or **pricing modeling** is a plus.

You are fluent in **English**. Fluency in **German** or **French** is a strong plus.

**️ What Electra Offers You**:

- _An attractive fixed + variable package (assessed and paid quarterly)_
- _New offices in the 2nd arrondissement in Paris_
- _2 remote days / week_
- _Alan health insurance policy (50% paid by Electra)_
- _Luncheon vouchers (Carte Swile: €10/day, 50% paid)_
- _25 holidays + 12 days' RTT_
- _Collective agreement (SYNTEC: vacation bonus, exceptional days off...)_
- _A quarterly event with the whole Electra team_
- _Social and economic committee (CSE) platform, with lots of benefits (culture, sport...)_

At Electra, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable, safe, and free to be themselves, fully expressing their potential. We are committed to equal opportunities and do not tolerate discrimination based on religion, cultural background, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

Even if you don’t tick all the boxes, we encourage you to apply We value potential, motivation, and a growth mindset just as much as experience.