AI Enablement Data Scientist — Internal Solutions

HDR, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); In loco; USD 150.000 - 215.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

HDR, Inc. is seeking an Applied Data Scientist – AI Enablement to build internal AI capabilities within HDR’s Transportation Business Group. The role starts focused on internal solution development, data foundations, and removing bottlenecks to scale AI across the organization.

As capabilities mature, the position will shift toward client-facing AI delivery and advisory work, leveraging proven solutions as repeatable services to drive value for communities and infrastructure projects.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in a closely related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with generative AI and modern AI services.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining data and AI solutions in cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, or GCP), including cloud-native data pipelines, scalable compute, and production model deployment.
• Experience managing end-to-end data science projects and model lifecycles.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Advanced Degree
• Experience designing or improving data pipelines and AI infrastructure.
• Consulting or professional services experience.
• Six Sigma or other process improvement certifications.

Mansioni

• Internal AI Capability Development: Design, develop, and deploy AI solutions addressing internal transportation business needs (e.g., document intelligence, predictive analytics, copilots, workflow automation).
• Build reusable AI components, data pipelines, and workflows that can be scaled for future client delivery
• Manage full model lifecycle including development, deployment, monitoring, drift detection, retraining, and inference.
• Constraint & Bottleneck Identification: Proactively identify limitations in data availability, system integration, tooling, governance, and processes that inhibit AI adoption.
• Partner with IT, data architects, and business stakeholders to recommend scalable improvements.
• Document technical debt and architectural gaps that must be addressed before scaling AI capacity.
• Collaboration & Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate ambiguous problems into structured AI solutions.
• Communicate AI concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Future Client-Facing Work: Support client pursuits and pilot projects using internally developed AI capabilities.
• Contribute to the evolution of repeatable AI services and offerings.

Conoscenze

Generative AI

Cloud platforms

Data pipelines design

End-to-end data science

Model lifecycle management

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Advanced Degree

Strumenti

Python

R

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Pandas

Plotly/Seaborn/Matplotlib

Descrizione del lavoro

HDR, Inc. is seeking an Applied Data Scientist – AI Enablement to build internal AI capabilities within HDR’s Transportation Business Group. The role starts focused on internal solution development, data foundations, and removing bottlenecks to scale AI across the organization.

As capabilities mature, the position will shift toward client-facing AI delivery and advisory work, leveraging proven solutions as repeatable services to drive value for communities and infrastructure projects.