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R&D Data Scientist - Full Time - Winterthur, Switzerland
Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.
Join our Technology & Innovation team within Sulzer Chemtech in Winterthur, Switzerland as R&D Data scientist to help us take digital innovation to the next level. You will help drive our digitalization strategy by leading and delivering data-driven solutions to accelerate our ambitious, sustainable growth agenda.
Your main tasks and responsibilities:
- Design and implement data-driven initiatives for product and process R&D.
- Combine data science, statistic with domain experience to facilitate data-driven decision making.
- Work closely with cross-functional project teams to develop digital & data science solutions.
- Develop insights from complex datasets, generate data-driven hypotheses, design experiments and drive the development of optimized products and process solutions.
- Design and implement data-driven/digital tools for advanced analytics, predictive algorithms, and data visualization.
- Communicate actionable insights using data to a diverse audience across all levels of the organization.
- Be an ambassador for driving a data-driven mindset across the organization.
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- PhD in Chemical or Process Engineering (or similar) with relevant domain experience.
- Strong background in data science and hands-on experience in applying data-driven/statistical learning methodologies to chemical process/product development is a must have.
- Industrial experience in data science/modeling in the chemical process industry with is a big advantage.
- Experience in programming languages such as python, R and data science toolkits.
- Additional experimental background in relevant domains is a plus.
- Ability to build effective relationships with experimentalists and cross-functional teams.
- Bold thinker, proactive, collaborative, solution-oriented, "doer" mindset.
- Experience in identifying data science opportunities based on business needs.
- Knowledge of software development best practices, database management and agile methodologies.
- Fluency in English, written and spoken.
What we offer you:
- 25 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) + service days
- Defined contribution pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Program/health care
- On-site car parking/public transport allowance
- Access to a wide range of discounts
No visa or work permit support can be provided for this role
Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.
We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2024 in Brazil, China, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.