Senior Data Scientist

Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

CATERPILLAR REMANUFACTURING
Do you have a passion for helping customers and supporting a sustainable solution? Since 1973, Cat Reman has helped bring the value at the core of every Cat product back to life. Customers look to us to provide a high-quality solution that is good for their business - and promotes sustainability. It's important to us to deliver. Our team is full of industry leaders. Together, following common values, we share a passion for delivering sustainability benefits that help the company contribute to a circular economy. It’s rewarding to work, with an inspiring team, where every contribution matters.

Caterpillar’s Remanufacturing Division is looking for a Senior Data Scientist. Primary location for this position will be Mossville, IL. Additional locations to be considered: Franklin, IN, Corinth, MS, Fargo, ND, & Irving, TX.

Degree Requirement :

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other Technical field; or proven work experience

What You Will Do:

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-enabled solutions that solve complex business problems across the Reman Division.
• Apply statistical modeling, machine learning techniques, optimization methods, forecasting, simulation, and experimentation to identify opportunities, improve decisions, and deliver measurable business value.
• Develop, validate, and operationalize descriptive analytics and predictive models using Python and modern data science practices while ensuring solutions are explainable, maintainable, and aligned to business objectives.
• Build analytics products and decision-support tools that combine machine learning outputs, curated data assets, and intuitive Power BI reporting to improve adoption and business actionability.
• Partner with business stakeholders to frame analytical problems, define success measures, translate business requirements into data science solutions, and communicate insights to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Research, prototype, and implement emerging AI development approaches, including generative AI, intelligent agents, natural language interfaces, and automation opportunities that improve business processes and analytical productivity.
• Use python, Kedro, dbt, Docker, AWS, Snowflake, Azure DevOps, and related tools to create repeatable, governed, and production-ready analytical workflows that support model development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with data engineering and platform partners to ensure required data pipelines, semantic models, data quality frameworks, and governed data products are available to support scalable analytical solutions.
• Establish and promote data science best practices including source control, code review, automated testing, experiment tracking, model documentation, reproducible pipelines, and deployment standards.
• Lead Agile planning, analytical design reviews, model review discussions, and project execution efforts while mentoring team members on data science, machine learning, AI development, and analytics engineering practices.
• Champion sustainable analytical product development by reducing technical debt, improving reusability, and promoting standardized approaches across the Reman Analytics organization.
• Define and execute standards for model documentation, metadata management, knowledge sharing, monitoring, and operational supportability to improve long-term maintainability of analytical solutions.
  
  

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Hands-on experience developing data science and machine learning solutions using Python, including model development, validation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, forecasting, optimization, statistical analysis, feature engineering, model evaluation, and practical application of ML techniques to business problems.
• Experience building AI-enabled solutions, including generative AI applications, natural language solutions, intelligent agents, or automation tools that improve analytical workflows and business decision-making.
• Practical experience with modern analytics and development tools such as dbt, Kedro, AWS, Docker, Snowflake, Azure DevOps, Git, and Power BI.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into structured analytical approaches, communicate insights clearly, and deliver solutions that are adopted and sustained by the business.
• Working knowledge of data engineering concepts, ELT/ETL patterns, data modeling, and data quality practices needed to support reliable analytical and machine learning solutions.

What You Will Have:

Business Statistics: Knowledge of the statistical tools, processes, and practices to describe business results in measurable scales; ability to use statistical tools and processes to assist in making business decisions.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Explains the basic decision process associated with specific statistics.
• Works with basic statistical functions on a spreadsheet or a calculator.
• Explains reasons for common statistical errors, misinterpretations, and misrepresentations.
• Describes characteristics of sample size, normal distributions, and standard deviation.
• Generates and interprets basic statistical data.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Productively balances speed and accuracy.
• Employs techniques for motivating personnel to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
• Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
• Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
• Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
• Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Machine Learning: Knowledge of principles, technologies and algorithms of machine learning; ability to develop, implement and deliver related systems, products and services.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Completes specific tasks and initiatives utilizing machine learning technologies, such as search engine optimization.
• Utilizes specific tools and techniques to process descriptive and inferential statistics.
• Applies specific computing languages and tools in machine learning, such as R and Python.
• Explores to use machine learning in one own areas to make business improvements.
• Conducts data mining and cleaning initiatives.

Programming Languages: Knowledge of basic concepts and capabilities of programming; ability to use tools, techniques and platforms in order to write and modify programming languages.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Participates in the implementation and support of specialized programming languages.
• Conducts basic reviews on writing a specific programming language within a specific platform.
• Assists with the design and development of specialized programming languages.
• Follows an organization's standards, policies and guidelines for structured programming specifications.
• Diagnoses and reports minor or routine programming language problems.

Query and Database Access Tools: Knowledge of data management systems; ability to use, support and access facilities for searching, extracting and formatting data for further use.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Writes, debugs and implements complex queries involving multiple tables or databases.
• Works with aggregate functions, complex joins, groupings, dynamic and embedded SQL's (Structured Query Languages).
• Teaches others about query optimization techniques and facilities.
• Consults on query optimization, interactive queries, testing and verification.
• Evaluates all major database access tools and functions for distributed databases.
• Compares and contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of various SQL products.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.
• Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.
• Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
• Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
• Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis.
  
  

What You Will Get!

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of annual bonuses.

• Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

All eligible candidates MUST pass the following pre-employment screenings before they can be hired to any Caterpillar position:

• Background Screening
• Drug & Alcohol Screening

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Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at

Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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