What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at AIT Global, Inc.?
Job Title: Data Scientist
Location: Grand-Prairie, TX
Location: Grand-Prairie, TX
Experience with MES and SCADA is preferred but not required.
Job Overview:
- Manufacturing 8 10 years in manufacturing (optional) with hands-on experience in shop floor operations, production planning, and systems including MES, SCADA, and ERP.
- Proficient in industrial protocols (OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus) with ability to bridge OT/IT systems for real-time data extraction.
- Applied experience with OEE, Six Sigma, SPC, and lean methodologies to drive measurable gains in yield, uptime, and efficiency.
- Data Engineering Skilled in building scalable cloud data pipelines for high-volume manufacturing and IoT data using Spark, Kafka, Airflow, and Delta Lake. Proficient in scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch with experience moving models from prototype to production in industrial environments.
- Strong communicator - able to translate complex model outputs into clear, actionable recommendations for operations and executive stakeholders.
- Solid grounding in statistical methods - time series, regression, clustering, and hypothesis testing applied to manufacturing quality problems.
- Experience designing A/B experiments and simulations to validate process changes and quantify business impact before full deployment.
Must Have:
- Minimum 6 years of experience as Data Scientist.
- Strong SQL and Python proficiency with hands-on experience in medallion/Lakehouse architectures on Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or Azure.
- Data Science Proven track record building and deploying ML models for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, demand forecasting, and root cause analysis.