Data Science Analyst

Cisco•Maynard, MA

About The Position

Join the Optics Operations team, supporting manufacturing and test operations for optical products by building and sustaining the data infrastructure needed for visibility, control, and continuous improvement. We work across Test Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure operational data is accurate, accessible, and actionable. This role will support projects involving manufacturing-line data systems, test data extraction, and analysis workflows tied to optical test operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
3+ years of experience in a data analyst, or manufacturing data support role.
Proficient in SQL, including joins, aggregations, filtering, subqueries, common table expressions, and performance-conscious query design.
Experience with data hygiene, validation, reconciliation, and quality checks in operational datasets.
Working proficiency in Python for maintaining and improving extraction, cleansing, and transformation scripts.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting manufacturing, test, operations, or quality data environments.
Experience working with data generated by automated test systems, production systems, or factory equipment.
Familiarity with SPC, Cp/Cpk, yield analysis, or related manufacturing/process-control concepts.
Experience with Python libraries such as pandas for data manipulation and analysis.
Experience preparing data for dashboards or business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

Responsibilities

Perform data hygiene and reconciliation activities, including identification and resolution of missing, duplicate, malformed, or inconsistent records.
Analyze test and manufacturing data to identify trends, anomalies, yield issues, and process deviations.
Monitor manufacturing-line data systems for data quality, completeness, consistency, and usability.
Create recurring and ad hoc reports to support engineering investigations, operational monitoring, and management decision-making.
Develop, maintain, and optimize SQL queries, views, stored procedures, and reporting datasets to support manufacturing and test operations.
Support ETL-style data extraction and transformation workflows from manufacturing databases.
Maintain and improve Python-based extraction and processing code used for recurring data pulls, normalization, validation, and analysis support.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)