Fountain Valley, California, United States On-site Employment USD 107,950 - 130,000 Yearly

Hyundai USA is hiring a Data Scientist

About the Role

Hyundai USA is seeking a Manager, Data Scientist for its Safety Office. This is a hands-on, owner-led role where you will drive analytics from problem definition through solution implementation in close partnership with the Safety Office. You will independently explore complex data, identify insights, recommend data-driven solutions, and actively support their implementation.

What You'll Do

  • Engage with the Hyundai/Genesis Safety Office to fully understand their analytics needs.
  • Act as the subject matter expert regarding safety office machine learning models.
  • Manage analytics projects related to the safety office and develop ontologies.
  • Manage and give direction to external vendor data science resources.
  • Pre-process, clean, and analyze large data sets.
  • Conduct exploratory data analysis.
  • Create new input features and build end-to-end data pipelines for machine learning models.
  • Leverage machine learning and NLP techniques to mine unstructured data for insights, topic detection, keyword extraction, and sentiment analysis.
  • Build and optimize models using machine learning techniques.
  • Deploy, automate, and maintain models on production systems.
  • Lead and participate in meetings, including scheduling with an agenda, identifying attendees, capturing notes, publishing action items, and following up on next steps.
  • Present data and analysis clearly to enable data-driven decisions.
  • Collaborate with various internal teams and subject matter experts to understand data.
  • Interface with internal clients to identify business issues, gather requirements, define project objectives, scope, schedule, and deliverables, and report results.
  • Support internal teams by identifying implications, making recommendations, and escalating issues as needed.
  • Respond to emails, calls, and in-person inquiries; interface with IT, suppliers, and management; escalate issues as needed.
  • Provide critical thinking and propose ideas or solutions in the best interest of the organization.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Six or more years of professional experience with at least three years shipping Python & SQL to production.
  • Ability to translate complex data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree.
  • Experience with PySpark and/or Hadoop.

Technical Stack

  • Python
  • SQL
  • PySpark
  • Hadoop

Benefits & Compensation

  • Annual base salary: $107,950 - $130,000
  • Monthly Hyundai/Genesis vehicle lease allowance (including insurance and maintenance)
  • Holiday Pay (company shuts down with pay between Christmas and New Years)
  • Vacation and sick time off
  • Healthcare insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
  • 401(K) company match
  • Additional 401(K) Employer Enhanced Contribution program (eligible after 1 year)
  • Basic life insurance, short- and long-term disability
  • Mental health, wellbeing, and employee assistance program
  • Health advocate services

Work Mode

This position is onsite.

Our Company adheres to the equal employment opportunity guidelines set forth by federal, state and local laws.

Required Skills
PythonSQLPySparkHadoopData AnalysisMachine LearningStatistical ModelingData VisualizationCommunication
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Hyundai USA

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) is an automotive manufacturer. The North American Quality Center (NAQC) is the quality arm for HMG's North American vehicle models.

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Department Data and Analytics
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Posted 14 days ago