American Airlines · 16 hours ago
Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist, Safety
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expAmerican Airlines is a major airline that offers a wide range of travel opportunities and benefits for its employees. The Data Scientist/Sr Data Scientist role involves utilizing safety data to develop predictive analyses that promote safety for team members and customers. Key responsibilities include building statistical models, collaborating with data engineers, and delivering actionable recommendations to company leadership.
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Responsibilities
Builds and maintains high fidelity statistical and machine learning models to proactively identify emerging safety trends
Dictates data structure, to include the blending of existing proprietary and publicly available data sources so that additional data points may be captured without impacting implementation timelines
Partners with Data Engineers to identify new data sources and data gathering techniques, ensure data availability and consistency, and assess data effectiveness and accuracy
Builds means for innovative and meaningful delivery of safety data and recommendations
Partners with Data Analysis Groups, and Operations Standards Boards to deliver compelling and actionable recommendations to drive informed decision making to all levels of company leadership
Qualification
Required
Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or similar field)
Expertise in collection, extraction, cleansing, preprocessing, wrangling, and analysis of large datasets to identify trends and actionable insights
3 years of experience with hands-on data science or machine learning projects/products
Expert knowledge of Alteryx, Tableau, and Power BI
Fluency in SQL, R, and Python
Familiarity with Cognos
Expertise in Statistical/Machine Learning Tools
In-depth knowledge in statistical and machine-learning techniques, applying predictive analytics to develop practical safety solutions
Expertise in using data visualization tools to build dashboards for all levels of leadership
Experience delivering presentations and leading collaboration across all levels of management
Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage and prioritize multiple complex deliverables
Preferred
4 years' experience in Aviation or other High Reliability Organization
Experience in Operational Safety, or Human Performance analytics
Knowledge of Airline Operations
Benefits
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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