Data Scientist to Scania Connectivity

Do you like complex challenges? Do you want to make an impact on society and environment on a global scale? Do you want to contribute to a data-driven revolution of the transport industry?

Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturer of trucks and buses for heavy transports, as well as industrial and marine engines. Transport services and logistics services is an increasing part of our business, which guarantees Scania’s customers cost-efficient transport solutions and high availability. Scania also offers financial services. Scania is active in over 100 countries, with 44 000 employees. Research and development is concentrated to Sweden. Manufacturing takes place in Europe and South America, with a global service network.

In our Connectivity section within Scania R&D, we develop new solutions for connected vehicles (“Internet of things”), as part of Scania’s increasing focus on communication, services and smart transport solutions.

Data analysis is a cornerstone enabler in this development. Therefore, we now reinforce our competence center for advanced analytics with additionally one or two data scientists. Within the center, we develop learning systems and data driven models based on vehicle data, as well as the methods and algorithms needed to enable this analysis. With us, you can develop your expertise while you as part of Connectivity work cross-functionally with the development of new product-integrated services and solutions at Scania. The role is based on-site in Södertälje, Sweden.

Your tasks
You are part of our competence center for advanced analytics, working cross-functionally with other groups to create value for Scania’s customers:

You develop, in a systematic way, learning systems, data-driven models, methods and algorithms, based on vehicle data, to together with our product teams develop services and products based on connected vehicles.
You support other parts of the organization with advanced analytics, by collaborating with domain experts and/or local data scientists to understand organizational needs, suggest technical approaches and finally deliver the right decision-making material.
You participate in research projects with external partners to stay up to date with and develop new methods to meet the organization’s future needs within advanced analytics.
You contribute towards wide enabling of data analysis throughout the organization, e.g. by actively participating in cross-functional work related to data quality, data sharing, competence sharing and BI-tools.

Your profile
You have a relevant academic background in data science and good grasp of modern algorithms and system architectures suited for computational clusters, distributed systems and streaming data. Depending on project involvement, you will likely work with technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Amazon Web Services, Kafka, C#, Scala, Python, R and SQL. Your background is likely a mix of programming, systems development, statistics and mathematics.

The team tackles a wide variety of problems and experience in any of the following areas will be beneficial in the role: deep neural networks, continuously learning systems, crowdsourcing, computer vision, autonomous systems, signal processing, project management, geospatial analysis, information visualization, web development, manufacturing industry, development of products or services, financial analysis and organizational analysis.

You are a very analytical person, with strong attention to detail and openness to constructive critique. Due to the rapid technical development within data science, you must have a strong interest in continuous professional development. You likely enjoy product development, a strong mix of personal freedom and responsibility, and continuously strive for technical excellence. You are expected to collaborate well with people with within and outside of your domain of expertise. As a Scania staff member, you have great mandate in your work, and we like people who dare set ambitious goals, have the ability to execute and love collaboration.

Fluent English is required, Swedish is desired.

We offer
Transportation is a cornerstone in today’s globalized society, on which new possibilities to collect, process and act on information will have transformative effects. As a data scientist at Scania, you are in the very center of this journey. You will have the opportunity to leave your personal footprint on future society, strongly backed by the resources of one of the world’s largest corporations (Volkswagen group). In addition to professional career development, Scania offers other benefits such as private car lease, result bonus, occupational pension, flexible work hours, subsidized lunch, a well-equipped gym, and much more. If you live in Stockholm, we offer a direct bus connection between Stockholm and Södertälje with Scania Job Express.

Further information
Johan André, group manager, +46 (0)8-553 519 47

Application
Your application should contain an application letter, CV, and copies of degree certificates and grades. Please submit your application ASAP as interviews are already ongoing.

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