R&D Engineer: Predictive Analytics for Naval Systems

Penn State University; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 140,004 - 265,704; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Job summary

Penn State University is seeking a highly analytical R&D Engineer to join the Applied Sustainment Technologies Division at ARL. You will lead data science methods, predictive maintenance analytics, and engineering assessments impacting Navy and DoD customers.

You will mentor teams, build data pipelines and dashboards, and collaborate with cross-functional engineers on system readiness and change evaluations. Strong analytics and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science; 14+ years relevant experience for Senior or 19+ years for Principal.
• Background in data science, reliability engineering, or predictive analytics.
• Proficiency with Python, R, SQL, or similar analytics languages.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of analytic methods including ML, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance models, and network or system-level analyses
• Develop reliability and failure models for complex naval or defense-related systems
• Translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for technical and executive audiences
• Build, validate, and document data pipelines, analytic tools, dashboards, and modernization processes, including cloud-based environments (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Engage with cross-functional engineering teams to support system readiness assessments, configuration analysis, and engineering change evaluations
• Contribute to research proposals, technical reports, and customer deliverables
• Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and collaboration across multidisciplinary project teams

Skills

Analytical problem solving

Reliability engineering

Predictive analytics

Python

R

SQL

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science

Graduate degree in Computational Science / Applied Data Science

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker/Kubernetes

Git

Data engineering tools

Job description

Penn State University is seeking a highly analytical R&D Engineer to join the Applied Sustainment Technologies Division at ARL. You will lead data science methods, predictive maintenance analytics, and engineering assessments impacting Navy and DoD customers.

You will mentor teams, build data pipelines and dashboards, and collaborate with cross-functional engineers on system readiness and change evaluations. Strong analytics and communication are essential.