Data Scientist (Warranty & Quality)

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

Do you believe data tells the real story? We do! Redefining mobility requires quality data, metrics and analytics, as well as insightful interpreters and analysts. That's where Global Data Insight & Analytics makes an impact. We advise leadership on business conditions, customer needs and the competitive landscape. With our support, key decision makers can act in meaningful, positive ways. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision making.

In this position... 

The Global Data Insights and Analytics (GDI&A) department at Ford Motors Company is looking for qualified people who can develop scalable solutions to complex real-world problems using Machine Learning, Big Data, Statistics, Econometrics, and Optimization. The goal of GDI&A is to drive evidence-based decision making by providing insights from data. Applications for GDI&A include, but are not limited to, Connected Vehicle, Smart Mobility, Advanced Operations, Manufacturing, Supply chain, Logistics, and Quality Analytics.

Potential candidates should have excellent depth and breadth of knowledge in machine learning, data mining, and statistical modeling. They should possess the ability to translate a business problem into an analytical problem, identify the relevant data sets needed for addressing the analytical problem, recommend, implement, and validate the best suited analytical algorithm(s), and generate/deliver insights to stakeholders. Candidates are expected to regularly refer to research papers and be at the cutting-edge with respect to algorithms, tools, and techniques. The role is that of an individual contributor; however, the candidate is expected to work in project teams of 2 to 3 people and interact with Business partners on regular basis. 

What you'll do...

• Understand business requirements and analyze datasets to determine suitable approaches to meet analytic business needs and support data-driven decision-making
• Design and implement data analysis and ML models, hypotheses, algorithms and experiments to support data-driven decision-making
• Apply various analytics techniques like data mining, predictive modeling, prescriptive modeling, math, statistics, advanced analytics, machine learning models and algorithms, etc.; to analyze data and uncover meaningful patterns, relationships, and trends
• Design efficient data loading, data augmentation and data analysis techniques to enhance the accuracy and robustness of data science and machine learning models, including scalable models suitable for automation
• Research, study and stay updated in the domain of data science, machine learning, analytics tools and techniques etc.; and continuously identify avenues for enhancing analysis efficiency, accuracy and robustness

You'll have... 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Operational research, Statistics, Applied mathematics, or in any other engineering discipline. 
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in Python programming for data analysis, machine learning, and with libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, NLTK, spaCy, and Gensim.
• 2+ years of experience with both supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques.
• 2+ years of experience with data analysis and visualization using Python packages such as Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, or data visualization tools like Dash or Power BI.
• 1+ years' experience in SQL programming language and relational databases.

Even better, you may have...

• A MS/PhD in Computer Science, Operational research, Statistics, Applied mathematics, or in any other engineering discipline. PhD strongly preferred.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, leveraging its capabilities for ML model development and deployment.
• Experience with Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration.
• Besides Python, familiarity with one more additional programming language (e.g., C/C++/Java) 
• Strong background and understanding of mathematical concepts relating to probabilistic models, conditional probability, numerical methods, linear algebra, neural network under the hood detail.
• Experience working with large language models such GPT-4, Google, Palm, Llama-2, etc.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and data presentation skills.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: New Hire Benefits

This position is a range of salary grades SG6-SG8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

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