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Data Scientist - Quest Defense Systems & Solutions
Data Scientist
Data Scientist needed to drive data‑driven decision making for aerospace programs, building analytics pipelines, visual dashboards, and predictive models to improve delivery performance, resource planning, and schedule execution.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Collect, clean, and transform program and engineering data from multiple sources to create reliable analytical datasets.
- Develop predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning to forecast schedule risk, resource utilization, and safety outcomes.
- Design interactive visualizations and dashboards that communicate insights to program managers, engineers, and senior leadership.
- Partner with cross‑functional teams to translate business questions into analytical solutions and support data‑driven decision making.
- Automate reporting workflows and ensure data quality, reproducibility, and documentation of analytical methods.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, scikit‑learn, matplotlib/plotly) and SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
- Experience building and deploying machine‑learning models for forecasting or classification tasks.
- Solid understanding of statistical methods and ability to apply them to real‑world engineering problems.
- Proven ability to create clear, actionable visualizations and dashboards for technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset for working with engineers, program managers, and stakeholders.
Skills
pythonsqlmachine learning