Data Scientist

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?

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-next-llc/ is the venture studio division of Ford Motor Company. Ford Next is focused on rapidly incubating & launching new vehicle-adjacent businesses to create long-term value for the company beyond the wheel. Ford Next team members are flexible, with a startup mindset -- this is a group that thrives on moving quickly and growing through change.

What you'll do...

• Critical Thinking: Able to influence the strategic direction of the company by finding opportunities in large, rich data sets and crafting and implementing data driven strategies that fuel growth including cost savings, revenue, and profit. 
• Modeling: Assessments, and evaluating impacts of missing/unusable data, design and select features, develop, and implement statistical/predictive models using advanced algorithms on diverse sources of data and testing and validation of models, such as forecasting, natural language processing, pattern recognition, machine vision, supervised and unsupervised classification, neural networks, etc. 
• Data Expert: Experience successfully going cold into datasets and have a process to understand, clean, and format the data. Experience with crafting ETL processes to source and link data in preparation for Model/Algorithm development. This includes domain expertise of data sets in the environment, third-party data evaluations, and data quality. Partner with data engineering to deliver quality code and models at scale for millions of vehicles.
• Storytelling: Understand and communicate mathematical solutions as business problems solutions to product and non-technical partners.  
• Technical leadership: Help to grow a team of data scientists and analysts through project leadership such as technical coaching, mentorship and establishing team wide best practices.  Able to read and implement latest paper developments in AI/ML research to solve practical problems.

You'll have... 

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering or or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience of practicing statistical methods and applied research e.g. time series analysis, neural networks, GANs, Gaussian regression, experimentation, causal inference, etc. 
• 3+ years’ experience with Python, Pandas, Git, Jira (or equivalent), SQL, Cloud platforms. 
• 3+ years’ Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP (preferred), Azure Data Lake, GCP Big Query, Databricks, Spark, SQL and NO-SQL databases, etc.   

Even better, you may have...

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience. 
• Demonstrated successful application of analytical methods and machine learning techniques with measurable impact on product/design/business/strategy. 
• Expert in Python, Pyspark, Pandas, GCP.  
• Familiarity working with Ford and connected vehicle data and deep knowledge of automobiles, connected vehicle data & relevant infrastructure. 
• Self-motivated with excellent verbal and written skills. 
• Highly credible in organizational, time management, decision making and problem-solving skills. 
• Familiarity working with big data to develop scalable, production-ready solutions. 

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 d