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Data Science Technical Specialist

Rolls-Royce
Derby
2 weeks ago
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Data Science Technical Specialist

Full time

Derby/ Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Data Science Technical Specialist to join our team in Derby.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

What you will be doing:

You will be working in a highly outcome orientated team and be expected to use your knowledge to help develop scalable and robust AI infrastructure, methods and processes that can be adopted across the organisation. This will involve:

Owning aspects of the AI infrastructure and robust deployment within the Rolls-Royce enterprise architecture, Ensuring compliance with security policies and regulation authorities, Facilitating data acquisition and associated knowledge management of projects Leading and overseeing multiple data science projects. Ensuring methods and processes are captured, documented and re-usable by the wider organisation.

While the role comes with no line management responsibilities you will be required to manage multiple work packages, including managing tasks for managed service providers and internal business areas we collaborate with to deliver against the company’s strategic objectives. 

Technology Stack:

We have a highly capable Microsoft Azure based AI environment with hundreds of users leveraging a collection of integrated services including Databricks, AzureML, Dataiku, DSVMs and Azure AI Services. The technology stack is continually evolving and will be adapted to stay current and suit the changing requirements of the business. You will play a key role in further developing and delivering this capability.

Who we’re looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. For this role you will need to demonstrate understanding of the appliable health and safety standards and we are looking for someone who is/has:

Bachelor’s degree in data science, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field. 4+ years of experience where your primary role was in architecture, infrastructure, data science, machine learning, or a related AI role. Experience with a cloud platform (ideally Microsoft Azure) Experience with AI platform architecture and infrastructure as code (such as Terraform) Experience with big data technologies and distributed computing Very strong programming skills Experience leading teams and/or work package deliveries Experience with CI/CD, MLOps Experience in Spark/Scala/PySpark Experience with Generative AI and LLMOps

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at

Job Category

Digital

Posting Date

29 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

07 Aug 2025

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