Computational Data Scientist
About The Position
The Mission, Concepts and Capabilities (MCC) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Computational Data Scientist to join a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists developing agentic AI models and visualization tools focused on data analytics for the Department of Defense. The ideal candidate has a passion for data science, data visualization, machine learning and artificial intelligence, analytics, and enjoys writing computer code. Representative tasks may include using Jupyter and Marimo Notebooks to create interactive training materials for weapons effects applications, building interactive visualizations and dashboards for sensor analytics, creating modern, adult learning tools for presentation and deployment within Jupyter Books, developing agentic AI tools with large language reasoning models for automating complex scientific analysis and advanced search and discovery tasks. This position will place you in a team of engineers and scientists developing a suite of software tools used by the defense community, to include interactive training materials, weapons effects modeling and simulation applications, and artificial intelligence solutions to aid research and development projects. Hybrid work is permissible depending on the evolving project requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in data science, computational science, computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, engineering, or related field with 2-4 years of experience OR Master’s degree in the same fields with 0-2 years of experience
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience with Jupyter suite (e.g., Jupyter Lab, Jupyter Notebooks, Jupyter Book)
- Hands-on experience completing projects (academic or otherwise) in data science, data visualization, machine learning, and/or data analytics
- Eagerness to learn new tools and techniques
- US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense secret security clearance
Nice To Haves
- Previous internship or support to the Department of Defense
- Active security clearance
- Experience developing applications for ATAK or Android with Kotlin
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in data science, computational science, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related field
- Experience with a variety of industry standard tools for data visualization and machine learning such as OpenCV, SciKit, R, TensorFlow, etc.
- Familiarity with interactive visualizations using tools such as MatplotLib, Plotly, HoloViz, Julia, D3, and Bokeh
- Programming experience in other memory safe by default languages such as Rust and Java
Responsibilities
- Collect, curate, impute, and normalize structured and unstructured data
- Develop interactive visualizations and dashboards within Marimo and Jupyter notebooks to facilitate knowledge discovery and analysis using libraries such as Plotly, Bokeh, and HoloViz
- Develop machine learning algorithms and models using libraries such as SciKit-Learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch
- Develop adult learning tools and applications within Jupyter Book
- Develop computer vision approaches to analyze images and video
- Conduct data analysis of outputs from engineering and first principles physics codes
- Deploy machine learning and analytics tools for operational use
- Support testing, evaluation, and demonstrations of software and analytics tools in unclassified and classified environments
- Take on new challenges and learn new skills to enhance algorithm and software performance in previously unanticipated ways
Benefits
- Competitive benefits that address our employees’ needs now and in the future
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
