Principal Data Scientist

McLean, VA, United States

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Department Summary:

As part of the Center for Integrated Transportation, the Operational Safety Mitigations Department (P231) identifies emerging risks and develops mitigations in the aviation and surface transportation domains. Comprised of safety experts, software engineers, and data scientists, P231 leverages proprietary and public datasets to promote collaboration among a variety of stakeholders and drive proactive mitigation of safety risks in aviation and surface transportation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers, including software developers, data scientists, and subject matter experts in a diverse set of projects focused on aviation risk mitigation

Proactively liaise with other teams across MITRE and industry partners to enhance the department’s technological capability, and lead the adoption of the latest advances in data science and machine learning

Advance aviation safety by establishing standardized methods for ingesting and fusing various aviation datasets, developing derived analytics, and developing capabilities that directly impact sponsor and stakeholder missions to enable efficient data-driven analysis by sponsors and stakeholders

Apply innovative analysis techniques to uncover anomalous characteristics or precursors to aviation safety risks

Develop safety analytics and data visualization products that enable data-driven decision making for sponsors involved in safety monitoring and mitigation

Develop innovative data and software products in a collaborative aviation data ecosystem, including within AWS, to enable efficient safety mitigation development

Develop sponsor relationships and engage across industry to drive mission impact and cultivate new business opportunities

Develop efficient and repeatable data pipelines for data transfers, extractions, culling, manipulation, and preparation for input into analyses and machine learning models

Basic Qualifications:

Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

Ability to obtain and maintain FAA Suitability within the first 12 months

Self-starter capable of working in a dynamic environment

Expertise in one of the following: data engineering, statistical modeling, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence or machine learning

Expertise using software languages such as Java, Python, and R

Experience using common web development frameworks such as Vue and Angular

Experience building large-scale data processing pipelines

Experience using AWS tools and tailoring them for effective use in project work

Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary technical teams and implementation of software development best practices

Critical thinking, including demonstrated ability to understand a complex engineering problem, and follow through with proposing and executing on novel solutions

Demonstrated ability to lead a project team in development of impactful data and software products in a fast-paced environment

Strong problem-solving skills and engagement with technical experts to develop and vet solutions

Excellent technical writing and presentation skills

Strong motivation to expand knowledge and skills of the organization

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to convey complex ideas or analyses in a clear and organized manner

This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

FAA – Suitability (Preferred)

Advanced degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related subjects

Expertise in big data processing, analysis, and visualization using aviation or transportation data

Experience training and deploying machine learning models at scale

Demonstrated ability to learn and apply knowledge of a technical domain to software development, particularly in aviation safety

Expertise in aviation operations and safety management

Strong interpersonal skills and significant experience leading multi-disciplinary teams

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Suitability - FAA

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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