# Data Scientist

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We are seeking a Data Scientist to join our team at Ford Global Data Insights and Analytics (GDIA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As a Data Scientist, you will design, develop, and deploy end-to-end analytics, machine learning, and GenAI solutions, working with large-scale structured and unstructured data.

Responsibilities:

- Translate business objectives into well-defined analytical and mathematical problem statements

- Design, implement, train, tune, validate, and monitor predictive and prescriptive models

- Apply machine learning techniques such as regression, classification, clustering, ensemble methods, deep learning, and time-series analysis

- Analyze large, high-dimensional datasets to identify patterns, drivers, anomalies, and trends

- Develop scalable analytics pipelines and reusable modelling frameworks suitable for automation and production deployment

- Design and implement Generative AI and LLM-based solutions, including NLP, NLG, and semantic search

- Build and deploy Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for enterprise knowledge and data extraction use cases

- Fine-tune, evaluate, and monitor Large Language Models for business applications

- Apply text preprocessing, tokenization, embedding generation, prompt engineering, and LLM orchestration techniques

- Leverage modern GenAI frameworks and libraries (e.g., Transformers, LangChain-based workflows) to build scalable AI applications

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or related quantitative field

- Strong hands-on experience in Python for data analysis, machine learning, and AI development

- Experience with common ML and analytics libraries (e.g., NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)

- Experience with SQL and working with relational and large-scale datasets

- Experience building analytical models and communicating insights to business stakeholders

- Master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative or engineering discipline

- 5+ years of experience applying machine learning, advanced analytics, and AI techniques in real-world settings

- Strong experience with Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, and RAG architectures

- Experience with cloud platforms, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Vertex AI, BigQuery, and related services

- Experience working with large-scale data ecosystems (e.g., NoSQL databases, Hadoop ecosystem)

- Proficiency with version control (Git) and collaborative development practices

- Strong mathematical foundations in probability, linear algebra, optimization, and numerical methods

- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and data storytelling skills

- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Machine Learning
- GenAI
- LLMs
- NLP
- RAG
- SQL
- Data Analysis
- Data Science

### Nice to have
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Vertex AI
- BigQuery
- NoSQL databases
- Hadoop ecosystem
- Git

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