Data Scientist

Data ScientistThe Data Scientist will design and implement advanced statistical and AI/ML solutions focused on extracting actionable insights, evaluating model performance, and leveraging semantic analysis techniques to enhance product safety decision-making. This role emphasizes data quality, performance, and interoperability in modern cloud environments, enabling CPSC's strategic acceleration toward preventative analytics for product safety. The Data Scientist:Designs and deploys advanced statistical solutions to generate actionable insights that strengthen product-safety decisions.Applies semantic analysis to extract patterns from diverse data and communicates findings through clear visualizations and narratives.Develops algorithms, modeling standards, and team processes; reviews technical work to ensure quality and consistency.Prepares and transforms structured and unstructured data; applies statistical, ML, and NLP methods to support agency analytics.Builds and maintains modern data science applications, pipelines, dashboards, and tools for CPSC-wide use.Ensures model and application quality, including accuracy, transparency, equity, and performance; clearly communicates limitations.Produces reports and presentations; engages stakeholders and translates complex analysis for technical and non-technical audiences.Maintains cutting-edge knowledge of data science practices and represents the agency in professional and government data-science forums.