
Lead Data Scientist
Caterpillar Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Chicago • Colorado • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $128,470 - $208,770 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define and implement a long-term technical vision for the search platform to ensure scalability and adaptability to growing data volumes and query complexity.
- Mentor and guide a team of search engineers through technical reviews, best practices, and collaborative problem-solving.
- Introduce advanced capabilities such as NLP, vector search, and personalization to enhance relevance and accuracy.
- Build search capabilities with measurable KPIs (e.g., CTR, Query Distribution, Zero Search) and leverage analytics to continuously improve search performance.
- Partner with product managers, data scientists, and engineering teams to align search initiatives with business objectives
- Profile and tune deep learning algorithms for maximum search efficiency for keyword matching, user data and behavior, preferences, popularity, and more.
- Profile the end-users’ behaviors and signals and fine-tune models to reflect to rearrange the search facet values
- Leverage AI/MI/LLM models to Discern User Intent and capture in relevant search categories
- Build fitment recommendations with engineering information
- Enhance the search with segmentation, ML based recommendation models, PFM – SSL models and Implicit Personalization models.
Requirements
- Typically, a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree in Applied Statistics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Industrial, Agricultural, etc.), or equivalent technical degree
- Extensive experience applying Python (NumPy, SciPy, pandas, etc.) programming to solve business challenges.
- Extensive experience with advanced data analysis, machine learning such as clustering, Log regressions, neural nets and statistical methods such as statistical process control, etc. (typically 5+ years)
- Experience in practical applications of onboard architecture / software (e.g. mini projects using Raspberry Pi or any other architecture is a bonus)
- Working experience with heavy equipment engineering or data analysis.
- Familiarity with A/B testing frameworks for evaluating and improving model-driven features - nice to have
- Working knowledge with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.)
- Advanced experience with version control / repositories such as GitHub
- Experience operating in an Agile environment
- Must demonstrate strong initiative, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate effectively.
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonNumPySciPypandasmachine learningclusteringlogistic regressionneural networksstatistical process controldeep learning algorithms
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborative problem-solvinginitiativeinterpersonal skillseffective communication