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# Advanced Data Scientist

- **Company:** the Naval Nuclear Laboratory
- **Location:** Niskayuna, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $95,700.0 - $149,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, DataOps, Tableau (Software)
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88044797/1

## About the Role

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related engineering or science field and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience; or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a related engineering or science field and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in a related engineering or science field.
Preferred Skills

 * Good scripting and programming skills, experience in Python.
 * Experience with data visualization packages, such as Tableau.
 * Understanding of machine-learning and its applications.
 * Understanding of RAG or embedding-based search.

## Description

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory is seeking a Data Scientist to join a team dedicated to collecting and transforming data from the Naval Nuclear fleet for analytics throughout the Laboratory. Help turn complex nuclear data into powerful insights that drive innovation, safety, and long?range strategic impact. The successful candidate will be responsible for building predictive models to characterize various systems, presenting in-depth analysis in a clear and concise manner with a data-oriented approach to problem solving and decision making. In addition, youwill display great collaboration and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal through leading improvement projects and providing regular updates to the organization.


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