Career Area:

Business Technologies, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Who is CAT Digital? What do we do?

Big machines require big thinking. Are you looking for your next big challenge?

Cat® Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over one million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies. We’ve created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters. Join Us.

Job Opportunity:

Cat Digital is expanding its operations and opening a new branch in Slovakia. We are seeking talented individuals to join our team to help us establish and grow our presence, organization, culture, which will drive our digital product development efforts. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with top professionals working on very high impact and visibility products. Don't miss this chance to join a newly forming presence and support digital innovation for a global leader in heavy machinery!

What will you do? 

The Advanced Analytics / COE team of Cat Digital is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to be a technical expert, working in a team environment, and leading a group of data scientists and software developers to support the development, integration & enhancement for Caterpillar analytics, AI, and Generative AI projects and products.

• Leading people, monitoring their projects, providing help, mentorship, and guidance.

• Leading, exploring, developing, promoting, and implementing various projects focused Machine Learning, AI, and Generative AI.

• Conducting research on data model optimization and algorithms to improve effectiveness and accuracy on data analyses.

• Interacting and collaborating with the Analytics management team, with the team members and colleagues outside the organization, including outside Cat Digital.

• Reporting and presenting team results.

This position works directly with Slovakia based engineering leadership and Cat Digital IT in the US.

What you have:

Background and experience:

• Strong people management and supervision skills.

• Extensive experience applying Python (NumPy, SciPy, pandas, etc.) programming to solve business challenges.

• Extensive experience with advanced data analysis and statistical methods such as regression, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, statistical process control, etc.

• Extensive experience in practical applications of Machine Learning techniques such as Clustering, Logistic Regression, Random Forests, SVM or Neural Networks.

• Advanced experience in quantifying the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

• Extensive experience in consulting and coaching others on sampling approaches and associated statistical significance.

• Extensive experience in conducting data mining and cleaning initiatives.

• Working knowledge in writing, debugging, and implementing complex queries involving multiple tables or databases.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree in relevant field

• In-depth technical and problem-solving skills and evidence of continuous learning in the analytics field

• Working knowledge with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc)

• Working knowledge with version control / repositories such as GitHub

• Experience operating in an Agile environment.

What we offer:

At Cat Digital, we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning, and we believe in investing in the development of our employees. As a member of our team, you will have access to a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as very competitive compensation and benefits packages, like:

• 4500+euros / month gross

• Performance related annual cash incentive

• Industry leading Pension plan 

• 5 days of extra vacation above the legislative requirement

• Attractive Life insurance

• Recreation Allowance

• Multisport Card

Take the chance to apply now for this position at newly forming Cat Digital Slovakia branch!

Contract type:

Full-time

Place of work:

Kosice, Slovakia

Additional Information:

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. ​

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.​

Caterpillar is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. For more information, visit https://www.caterpillar.com/en/careers/why-caterpillar.html​

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There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.