Aviation Data Scientist — Predictive Maintenance & Ops AI

Finnair; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leisure travel benefit

Sickness Fund insurance

Epassi benefits

Gym access

Hobby clubs

Job summary

Finnair seeks a Data Scientist to join the Intelligent Operations team. You will develop predictive models and optimisation solutions to support operational decision-making across Finnair, applying time-series analysis, multivariate modelling, pattern recognition and anomaly detection to complex operational data.

The role combines data science with software development, focusing on production-ready solutions, code quality, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in a quantitative field.
• 3–5 years of experience in Data Science, ML, OR or similar analytical role.
• Strong foundation in maths, statistics and ML with practical predictive modelling experience.
• Strong Python programming skills and interest in software engineering (testing, version control, CI/CD, MLOps).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to communicate findings to technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience with AWS, predictive maintenance, sensor data, or aviation is advantageous.
• Fluency in English; Finnish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational challenges into predictive modelling and optimisation solutions.
• Design, develop, validate, and deploy predictive and optimisation models for planning, maintenance and decisions.
• Apply statistical and ML techniques to complex data to develop reliable predictions.
• Build scalable, production-grade data science solutions with clean, tested, reusable code and test-driven development where appropriate.
• Contribute to MLOps: deployment, monitoring, observability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

Statistics

ML

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research or another relevant quantitative field

Tools

CI/CD

AWS

MLOps tools

Job description

Finnair seeks a Data Scientist to join the Intelligent Operations team. You will develop predictive models and optimisation solutions to support operational decision-making across Finnair, applying time-series analysis, multivariate modelling, pattern recognition and anomaly detection to complex operational data.

The role combines data science with software development, focusing on production-ready solutions, code quality, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.