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Principal Data Scientist

HNTB Corporation
Dallas, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/5/2026
Principal Data Scientist Dallas, TX Job Category: Technical Group Full/Part Time: Full time Job Type: Regular Req ID: R-28331 What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being responsible for developing and delivering advanced data sciences solutions, building and deploying AI agents, and providing technical contributions to various projects for transportation clients. Provides expert technical guidance and integrates with a team of data scientists, applied AI scientists, engineers, and analysts responsible for multiple technologies. Instills team-oriented, client-driven, and results-driven values. Mentor and develop subject matter experts and technologists. What You'll Do: Leads service improvement initiatives and activities to increase customer satisfaction. This includes developing strategic plans, influencing virtual teams to drive execution of initiatives. Works with IT solutions, architecture, utility, and cloud services Acts as technical lead for enterprise data management platform implementation for CRM redesign. Manages and creating user accounts, directory access, and server permissions. Manages the in-house services related to the internet. Trains and educates customers on how to use certain software and hardware as requested. Performs development and architecture for software, database, third-party integration, internationalization and infrastructure. Sponsors roadmap, physical of failures correlation between system hardware, firmware and software, network topology infrastructure, reliability simulation at system and network level Contributes in the development of marketing and collateral material relating to technology services or products. Leads business development and planning efforts, including calculation of cost, risk, and scope, and support local offices in preparation of responses to RFPs, RFIs and RFQs by providing expertise on specialized technologies and/or practices. Provides single point of contact for technology projects and products and/or leads specific technical or functional portions of a project. Determines scope of work and objectives; estimate project costs and prepare proposals and contracts. Actively manages project budget, schedule, communications and documentation. Coordinates work efforts; reviews work performed, and communicates regularly with department leadership on project progress. Applies expert business skills and consulting methodologies to collect and analyze data to determine the applicability, functionality, and viability of new technologies. Advocates for internal and external clients by establishing user groups and acting as a liaison between users and the technology office. Supports the identification of internal resources and external contractors to meet project requirements. Researches new and emerging technologies and assess feasibility applications to current and future business needs. Analyzes business unit activities and trends and compares analyses against service standards and best practices. Presents findings to business unit leadership and identifies and implements strategies that will address tactical and strategic goals. Works with clients and technology office staff to identify, analyze, design, develop and implement fully integrated solutions of moderate to high complexity that support HNTB’s products, service and/or business processes. Develops detailed documentation of business systems and user needs, including workflow, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify compute programs or systems. Reviews use cases and other technical documents with technology office project staff to ensure business requirements are adequately reflected in technical planning. Defines, develops and implements quality assurance practices and end user test plans. Ensure process, conducted and documentation accurately reflects the current status of changes and outstanding issues so that business requirements reflect application features and functions. Identifies training and development. requirements of user groups and provide support when required by designing and developing training initiatives. Performs other duties as assigned. What You'll Need: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 13 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 12 years of relevant experience, or In lieu of education, 17 years of relevant experience. What You'll Bring: Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills Business skills, organizational skills, and analytical skills Tolling industry experience with data sciences Proven record of thought-leadership and presenting research at professional or academic organizations Experience in mobility solutions, customer behavior/choice in transportation, ITS, and transportation innovations What We Prefer: Master’s degree or higher in engineering, statistics, or data sciences Additional Information Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. #RN Locations: Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, Minneapolis, MN The approximate pay range for Minnesota is $154,170.89 - $246,272.98. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state. The approximate pay range for Illinois is $161,512.36 - $258,000.27. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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