Senior Data Scientist

Job description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? As the Senior Data Scientist for Manufacturing AI & OT Data Strategy, you will play a multifaceted role combining strategic leadership and hands-on technical expertise. You will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end lifecycle of data science projects, from initial problem definition and data acquisition to the deployment and continuous monitoring of models. You will serve as a key liaison between Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, and IT teams to translate complex industrial challenges—such as predictive maintenance, quality defect prediction, and process optimization—into scalable AI solutions. AI Stack Development: Build features and services across the full AI stack: orchestration, retrieval/grounding, prompt/agent logic, evaluation/guardrails, serving, and observability. End-to-End ML Pipelines: Build end-to-end ML pipelines from data collection and labeling through training, evaluation, and deployment across diverse fac...