2025 Associate Data Scientist Linthicum MD

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman is seeking Associate Data Scientists. This position will be located at our Mission Systems Sector in Linthicum MD.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s S&EE's organization and will create architectures/models/protocols, statistical reporting, and data analysis methodologies to identify trends in large data sets. Analysis may have many applications such as to address a business issue or provide a competitive advantage for the organization.  Requires strong statistical and data visualization skills.  The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the tools and processes around data analysis and visualization with a passion for identifying and answering questions that help us deliver the best service for our customers.

Basic Qualifications: 

This requisition may be filled at a level 1.  Basic qualifications for a Data Scientist 1 are a bachelor’s degree.

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Be completing or has completed their degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s,) from an accredited institution

• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.

• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

• Exceptional analytical skills.

• Knowledge of best practices in data analysis.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Documenting processes and maintaining data records.

• Experience with common data science toolkits/languages such as python/R, scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow, matplotlib, numpy, C++ or python

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.70/4.0 or higher

• Proficiency using query languages such as SQL

• Applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.

• Experience with Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence)

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on a team

• Competence and confidence working under pressure on requests with short turn-around times.

• Excellent attention to detail applied to complex data integration and analysis projects.

Salary Range: $77,700.00 - $116,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.