Koch Industries

Data Scientist

Koch Industries$160K — $200K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in a data science role, preferably within engineering or scientific data.
  • Hands-on experience in building and validating AI/ML models.
  • Proficient in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL.
  • Familiarity with Azure data tools (Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse) or comparable cloud stacks.
  • Solid grounding in statistics, including hypothesis testing and regression analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain ETL pipelines for structuring engineering design parameters.
  • Run statistical analysis to identify key design parameters affecting performance.
  • Validate model outputs against ground-truth simulation results and identify data quality issues.
  • Monitor model and pipeline performance, and create Power BI dashboards for visibility.
  • Apply design of experiments principles for efficient sampling of the design space.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plan with matching contributions.
  • Paid vacation and time off, including paid parental leave.
Full Job Description
Your Job

The Data Scientist will own the data backbone of our Azure-based AI/ML engineering platform. They will be turning historical design and simulation results into clean, structured datasets, and statistically validating that the AI/ML models built on top of them can be trusted before they inform design decisions.

What You Will Do
  • Build and maintain ETL pipelines (Azure Data Factory / Azure Databricks) that structure engineering design parameters and simulation results for ML use.
  • Run statistical and exploratory analysis to identify which design parameters most strongly drive performance outcomes.
  • Validate model outputs against ground-truth simulation results, and flag data quality issues that could bias downstream models.
  • Track model and pipeline performance over time; build Power BI dashboards giving engineering teams visibility into data and model health.
  • Apply DOE (design of experiments) principles to help sample the design space efficiently rather than exhaustively.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Hands-on experience building and validating AI/ML models - not just data prep or descriptive analytics.
  • 10+ years in a data science role, ideally with engineering, simulation, or scientific/experimental data.
  • Strong Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL.
  • Comfortable with Azure data tools (Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse) or an equivalent cloud data stack.
  • Solid statistics grounding: hypothesis testing, regression, DOE, variance/sensitivity analysis.
  • Experience with data visualization/dashboarding tools (Power BI or similar).


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Signal integrity or RF/high-speed electronics knowledge.
  • Experience validating ML model outputs (drift detection, error analysis) in a cloud ML platform.
  • Familiarity with CAD/engineering design data or PLM systems.
  • Experience working alongside ML engineering teams on shared cloud data infrastructure.


For this role, we anticipate paying $160,000 - $200,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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