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(ARA) is seeking a Computational Data Scientist to join a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists developing agentic AI models and visualization tools focused on data analytics for the Department of Defense. The ideal candidate has a passion for data science, data visualization, machine learning and artificial intelligence, analytics, and enjoys writing computer code. Representative tasks may include using Jupyter and Marimo Notebooks to create interactive training materials for weapons effects applications, building interactive visualizations and dashboards for sensor analytics, creating modern, adult learning tools for presentation and deployment within Jupyter Books, developing agentic AI tools with large language reasoning models for automating complex scientific analysis and advanced search and discovery tasks. This position will place you in a team of engineers and scientists developing a suite of software tools used by the defense community, to include interactive training materials, weapons effects modeling and simulation applications, and artificial intelligence solutions to aid research and development projects.\nHybrid work is permissible depending on the evolving project requirements.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nCollect, curate, impute, and normalize structured and unstructured data\nDevelop interactive visualizations and dashboards within Marimo and Jupyter notebooks to facilitate knowledge discovery and analysis using libraries such as Plotly, Bokeh, and HoloViz\nDevelop machine learning algorithms and models using libraries such as SciKit-Learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch\nDevelop adult learning tools and applications within Jupyter Book\nDevelop computer vision approaches to analyze images and video\nConduct data analysis of outputs from engineering and first principles physics codes\nDeploy machine learning and analytics tools for operational use\nSupport testing, evaluation, and demonstrations of software and analytics tools in unclassified and classified environments\nTake on new challenges and learn new skills to enhance algorithm and software performance in previously unanticipated ways\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in data science, computational science, computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, engineering, or related field with 2-4 years of experience OR Master’s degree in the same fields with 0-2 years of experience\nStrong Python programming skills\nExperience with Jupyter suite (e.g., Jupyter Lab, Jupyter Notebooks, Jupyter Book)\nHands-on experience completing projects (academic or otherwise) in data science, data visualization, machine learning, and/or data analytics\nEagerness to learn new tools and techniques\nUS citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense secret security clearance\nDesired Qualifications:\nPrevious internship or support to the Department of Defense\nActive security clearance\nExperience developing applications for ATAK or Android with Kotlin\nAdvanced degree (MS or PhD) in data science, computational science, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related field\nExperience with a variety of industry standard tools for data visualization and machine learning such as OpenCV, SciKit, R, TensorFlow, etc.\nFamiliarity with interactive visualizations using tools such as MatplotLib, Plotly, HoloViz, Julia, D3, and Bokeh\nProgramming experience in other memory safe by default languages such as Rust and Java\nCompensation & Benefits: Pay Ranges: From $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year based on years of experience, degree and any special skills and knowledge that you may bring to the position. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. During all call with one of our recruiters or hiring managers, they can further clarify the salary range and total compensation. ARA offers competitive benefits that address our employees’ needs now and in the future. Learn more about each of our benefits at https://www.ara.com/benefits/\nCOMPANY INFORMATION:\nApplied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,000 professionals and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.\nAt ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging and innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. 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