Applied Data Scientist, AI Enablement (Internal Focus)

HDR, Inc.; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. seeks an Applied Data Scientist – AI Enablement to build internal AI capabilities and scale AI across HDR’s Transportation Business Group.

You’ll develop AI solutions, improve data foundations, and identify bottlenecks, with a path toward client-facing advisory work as capabilities mature. You will collaborate with IT and business stakeholders, manage end-to-end data science projects, and design scalable AI services while advancing an employee-owned culture and a commitment to

Qualifications

• A degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 3 years experience with data engineering tools and languages such as SQL, Power Query, and Pandas.
• A minimum of 3 years experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Plotly, Seaborn, and Matplotlib.
• A minimum of 3 years experience with data science languages such as Python and R.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented professional, ability to multitask a must.
• Excellent writing and people skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
• In-depth knowledge of machine learning algorithms, statistical models, and data analytics.
• Experience completing multiple data science projects.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate ambiguous problems into structured AI solutions.
• Communicate AI concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support client pursuits and pilot projects using internally developed AI capabilities.
• Contribute to the evolution of repeatable AI services and offerings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Self-motivated

Detail-oriented

multitask

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Advanced Degree

Tools

SQL

Power Query

Pandas

Power BI

Tableau

Plotly

Seaborn

Matplotlib

Python

R

MS Office

Job description

HDR, Inc. seeks an Applied Data Scientist – AI Enablement to build internal AI capabilities and scale AI across HDR’s Transportation Business Group.

You’ll develop AI solutions, improve data foundations, and identify bottlenecks, with a path toward client-facing advisory work as capabilities mature. You will collaborate with IT and business stakeholders, manage end-to-end data science projects, and design scalable AI services while advancing an employee-owned culture and a commitment to