Early Career Associate Data Scientist

FTI is seeking an early career Data Scientist to support the Naval Safety Command in Norfolk, VA. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent Master’s graduate or current PhD student who wants to apply their academic experience to real world AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics challenges supporting the U.S. Navy. This is an on-site position.

FTI is seeking an early career Data Scientist to support the Naval Safety Command in Norfolk, VA. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent Master’s graduate or current PhD student who wants to apply their academic experience to real world AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics challenges supporting the U.S. Navy. This is an on-site position.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have completed a Master’s degree, are currently pursuing a PhD, or have completed a substantive capstone, thesis, research project, internship, or academic project utilizing data science, machine learning, statistical modeling, or related technologies. You do not need years of industry experience to be successful in this role. We are looking for strong technical foundations, hands on experience gained through academic or research work, intellectual curiosity, and a desire to build a career developing AI centric solutions.

As a member of FTI’s data science team, you will work alongside experienced Data Scientists and Software Engineers to develop, test, and deploy advanced predictive analytics models. The team uses complex data sets to help identify and predict precursors to Naval mishaps and safety hazards.

This is a hybrid position with onsite work at the Naval Safety Command Center in Norfolk, VA. An Active DoD Secret clearance or above is required. You must be in in the Norfolk, VA commutable area. All final interviews are in person.

• Support the design, calibration, and testing of predictive risk models used to evaluate mishap risk across Navy communities.
• Analyze complex data to identify relationships, patterns, anomalies, and potential predictors using techniques such as time series analysis, forecasting, statistical modeling, causal inference, and anomaly detection.
• Perform feature engineering, cross validation, and model performance evaluation using measures such as precision and recall.
• Apply Python, R, or similar programming languages to real world data science challenges.
• Work with tools and libraries such as Pandas, Num Py, Scikit learn, Sci Py, or comparable technologies.
• Partner with experienced Data Scientists and Software Engineers to transition analytical models from development into operational environments.
• Participate in technical exchange meetings and gain exposure to the deployment, maintenance, and interpretation of operational AI and predictive analytics solutions.

• Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science , Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related field.
• 1-2 years of practical data science/analytics experience (or a Master ’ s degree with substantive applied research/project experience).
• P roficiency in Python or R, or a similar language
• Practical experience with analytical and machine learning toolkits, such as Pandas, Num Py, Scikit-learn, Sci Py, or related packages.
• Foundational understanding of regression analysis, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and simulation or Bayesian modeling techniques.

• Ability to develop data visualizations and functional dashboards in Qlik, Tableau, or Python-based visualization packages.
• E xposure to Databricks or Apache Spark

• Active Department of Defense Secret Clearance.
• Master’s…