Data Scientist I — Lens Customer Analytics & AI

Caterpillar Inc.; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 89,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plans

HSA

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. seeks a data analytics professional to join the Cat Digital Customer Analytics and Applied AI team in Peoria, IL. You will work with large datasets to drive data-driven decisions and optimize customer insights using Python, ML, NLP, and cloud-based tools.

Responsibilities include building data models, promoting semantic data capabilities, and delivering actionable insights with visualization techniques to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field with 2+ years of analytics experience.
• Proven Python (NumPy/SciPy/pandas) and ML proficiency.
• Strong data analysis, statistics, and model development skills.
• Experience with AI tools such as Langchain and GitHub Copilot.
• Experience applying analytics to heavy equipment or manufacturing data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform data gathering, mining, and processing on large datasets.
• Develop data models and analytics for business insights.
• Promote semantic data capabilities with NLP and ML techniques.
• Present insights to management using data visualization tools.

Skills

Python programming

Machine Learning

Data analysis

NLP and semantic analysis

SQL / database access

Data visualization

Cloud technologies

GitHub Copilot

Langchain

AI tooling

Education

Master’s or PhD in Applied Statistics/Data Science/Analytics/CS

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Langchain

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

SQL databases

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. seeks a data analytics professional to join the Cat Digital Customer Analytics and Applied AI team in Peoria, IL. You will work with large datasets to drive data-driven decisions and optimize customer insights using Python, ML, NLP, and cloud-based tools.

Responsibilities include building data models, promoting semantic data capabilities, and delivering actionable insights with visualization techniques to senior leadership.