Senior Data Scientist – Hardware Systems
Core
Develop data and knowledge foundations to enable engineers to understand, operate, and improve fusion power systems by transforming complex experimental and operational data into structured datasets and AI-enabled tools.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (hardware systems & fusion energy)
Builds
Structured datasets, knowledge systems, and AI-enabled decision-support tools for fusion operations
Domain
Fusion energy / Nuclear engineering / Hardware systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Statistics, data science, quantitative methods, Python, data pipeline development, data modeling, ontologies, metadata frameworks, LLM APIs, RAG, embeddings, semantic search
Preferred skills
Time-series data analysis, anomaly detection, hardware behavior diagnosis, AI workflow automation
Responsibilities
Analyze real-time and historical system data to provide actionable insights for control room operators; Develop data schemas and ontologies to standardize complex technical information; Prototype decision-support tools for anomaly detection and operational reporting; Define metrics and evaluation frameworks for statistical models and AI solutions; Collaborate with software engineering to build AI-powered workflows; Partner to evolve data pipelines integrating diverse data sources
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC