Job Summary:
Stellantis is seeking a Senior Staff Data Scientist (ML/AI) to lead technical strategy and architecture within the Machine Learning & AI Engineering team. This role involves shaping the use of ML and AI across vehicle quality, engineering systems, and customer experiences, while driving measurable business outcomes through advanced analytics and experimentation.
Responsibilities:
• Define and evolve the ML/AI architecture and framework supporting quality, engineering, and vehicle analytics across the organization
• Set technical direction for: Machine learning systems, Experimentation platforms, Data science architecture
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership on: Model feasibility, Trade-offs (accuracy, scalability, cost, interpretability), Business impact of ML/AI initiatives
• Influence roadmap decisions across engineering and product organizations
• Develop and deploy predictive, prescriptive, and causal models using: Vehicle data, IoT sensor data, Enterprise datasets
• Apply advanced techniques including: Statistical modeling, Machine learning algorithms, Deep learning / neural networks
• Lead root cause analysis for vehicle quality, performance, and system failures
• Design and build LLM-based systems and agentic AI solutions for engineering and quality use cases
• Architect and guide development of large-scale distributed data and ML systems
• Build and scale analytics pipelines using Spark-based distributed processing frameworks
• Lead ML model lifecycle management, including: Training, Validation, Deployment, Monitoring in production
• Ensure models and systems are: Explainable, Reliable, Production-ready, Compliant with automotive/regulatory standards
• Own and evolve the experimentation framework/platform for safe, scalable testing of vehicle and software features
• Design statistically sound experiments (A/B tests and beyond)
• Translate experimental results into clear product and engineering decisions
• Drive measurable business outcomes including: Warranty cost reduction, Improved product quality, Enhanced customer experience, Revenue-impacting insights
• Mentor senior and mid-level data scientists, raising technical standards across the team
• Help teams with: Problem formulation, Research design, Statistical interpretation
• Contribute to internal knowledge systems and external-facing technical content (e.g., blogs or papers)
• Serve as a cross-functional leader bridging engineering, product, and executive teams
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, or machine learning, including a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with Databricks, Palantir, Snowflake, or AWS SageMaker
• Expert-level proficiency in: Python (or R), SQL
• Strong foundation in: Machine learning algorithms, Statistical modeling, Neural networks / deep learning
• Experience building ML solutions on distributed systems (e.g., Spark)
Preferred:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with: Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Fine-tuning foundation models
• Agentic AI systems
• Experience building ML solutions in engineering, automotive, propulsion, or battery systems
• Strong understanding of vehicle quality (QA), reliability, or manufacturing analytics
• Experience working in high-scale enterprise or regulated environments
Company:
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in Turin, ITA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.