Sr Staff Data Scientist

Job Description Summary

As our new Sr Staff Data Scientist, at Dowty, a GE Aerospace company, you'll work individually and/or lead horizontal teams to develop AI / ML / advanced analytics solutions which bring demonstrable value to Dowty (a GE Aerospace business). You'll be able to quickly assimilate customer requirements and translate these into timely, impactful, working solutions. You'll have a strong appreciation of how analytics will be deployed and used by our internal Dowty customers. In this role you will be continuously exercising your analytic expertise, cross-domain knowledge and user experience skillset, as well as identifying new technologies to work on. You will lead and support junior team members.

Job Description Summary

As our new Sr Staff Data Scientist, at Dowty, a GE Aerospace company, you'll work individually and/or lead horizontal teams to develop AI / ML / advanced analytics solutions which bring demonstrable value to Dowty (a GE Aerospace business). You'll be able to quickly assimilate customer requirements and translate these into timely, impactful, working solutions. You'll have a strong appreciation of how analytics will be deployed and used by our internal Dowty customers. In this role you will be continuously exercising your analytic expertise, cross-domain knowledge and user experience skillset, as well as identifying new technologies to work on. You will lead and support junior team members.

You will work closely with Dowty functional leaders to identify and prioritise suitable, impactful AI/ML projects and actively support business specific FLIGHT DECK initiatives including Kaizens, VSMs and gembas. You will be constantly engaging with the customer to maintain project focus and relevance. You will work with local DT staff to ensure solution combability with existing business IT and data systems.

In this role you will be physically located within the Dowty office, reporting to the UK Sr Director of Data Science.

Job Description

Key Characteristics

• Change Agent - Identifies opportunities for necessary changes and pursues/leads them when appropriate.
• Collaboration - Establishes & communication Data Science team members' roles in relation to their function.
• Comfort in Ambiguity - Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain. Supports the team to drive through ambiguity.
• Curiosity/Creativity - Connects ideas and solutions from a broad array of sources. Pilots new ideas and processes that have not been utilized before.
• Constructively influences colleagues and stakeholder on their decisions.
• Strong customer advocate and experienced communicator with a broad range of stakeholders.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong Python scripting capability.
• Confident user of Version Control, ideally Github.
• Develop, test and release maintainable code; follow coding standards and analytic development process.
• Experience of using analytics development platforms and deployed analytics architectures.
• Advanced modelling techniques – including integrating previous pre-trained models with simulations or other advanced modelling.
• Awareness of different solutions for model management that includes model building and deployment.
• Determines and executes model validation, reproducibility, and deployment criteria.
• Ability to get results fast - leveraging existing scripts, determining when adequate solutions or decision options are found, and correlate output to real-life outcomes.
• Champion of FLIGHTDECK fundamentals and Lean processes
• Demonstrated skill in defining and delivering customer value.
• Guides/mentors others in AI, ML and programming tasks.
• Collaborates with domain experts to derive insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous, and often conflicting data.

Flexible Working

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Total Reward

At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

• Performance based annual bonus
• Non-contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell

UK Security Clearance

UK Security Clearance (SC) is required and must be maintained for this role. Candidates who do not meet the minimum requirements for UK Security Clearance are not eligible for this role on grounds of national security. If UK Security Clearance is not obtained, any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security.

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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