Senior Data Scientist – Earth Data & AI Systems

UAH College of Business; Alabama; On-site; USD 125,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Alabama in Huntsville (ODSI) seeks a Data Scientist to lead data publication, curation, and analytics across NASA’s physical sciences data lifecycle. The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, metadata quality, and scalable cloud-based workflows.

Responsibilities include liaising with principal investigators, improving submission systems, and applying AI/ML to data discovery and curation. Strong communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in data science, informatics, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience with data curation, stewardship and metadata quality.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML models for curation and analytics.
• Experience with cloud-based data systems and scalable workflows.
• Excellent written and oral communication in a collaborative setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data publication and curation pipelines.
• Engage with principal investigators and data providers on standards.
• Track data workflow metrics and publish status reports.
• Collaborate to design cloud-native scientific data systems.
• Explore AI/ML approaches to improve data discovery and access.

Skills

Data science

Informatics

Data curation

Metadata quality

AI/ML models

Cloud computing

Education

Master's degree in data science / informatics

PhD (desired)

Job description

University of Alabama in Huntsville (ODSI) seeks a Data Scientist to lead data publication, curation, and analytics across NASA’s physical sciences data lifecycle. The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, metadata quality, and scalable cloud-based workflows.

Responsibilities include liaising with principal investigators, improving submission systems, and applying AI/ML to data discovery and curation. Strong communication and leadership are essential.