Data Scientist

Job Description

Location Hinjewadi, Pune - Maharashtra, India

Pacesetting. Passionate. Together. HELLA, one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide, has shaped the industry with innovative lighting systems and vehicle electronics. In addition, the company is one of the most important partners of the aftermarket and independent workshops. What motivates us: Shaping the mobility of tomorrow and fostering the central market trends such as autonomous driving, efficiency and electrification, connectivity and digitization as well as individualization. Every day, 36,000 employees worldwide are committed to this with passion, know-how and innovative strength.

YOUR TASKS

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist with 5-8 years of experience to lead the development and deployment of advanced machine learning and deep learning solutions. The ideal candidate should be hands-on with Python, PyTorch, and modern ML practices, and must have experience in technically mentoring a team of data scientists.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end AI/ML projects and ensure scalable, maintainable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and contribute to the design, development, and deployment of machine learning and deep learning models.
- Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and stakeholders to define project goals and deliverables.
- Ensure reproducibility, scalability, and maintainability of ML pipelines.
- Translate business requirements into well-architected data science solutions.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to a team of data scientists and ML engineers.
- Conduct code reviews, encourage best practices in ML and software engineering.
- Develop and maintain model training pipelines using Docker, Git, and CI/CD practices.
- Communicate findings and recommendations through presentations and technical documentation.

Must-Have Skills

- Programming: Proficient in Python with efficient usage of supporting libraries like numpy, pandas, etc. Hands-on experience in ML/DL frameworks like Scikit-learn, PyTorch.
- Machine Learning & Deep Learning: Strong understanding of supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, computer vision, and model evaluation, Fundamentals of Statistics, Designing models.
- Data Handling: Solid experience with SQL and working with structured/unstructured data.
- Tools & Platforms: Familiarity with Git, Docker, and Linux environments.
- Leadership: Demonstrated experience in technically leading and mentoring a team of data scientists or ML engineers.
- Knowledge of latest state of the art in AI

Good To Have

- Exposure to MLOps tools like MLflow, or similar.
- Experience working with vision, image data.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Contributions to open-source projects or research publications.
- Knowledge of data engineering practices and distributed computing frameworks like Spark.

Your Qualifications

- B.E/B.Tech in computer science/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Communication or related field from a reputed institute
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- 5 to 8 years of industry experience in software development
- Min. 4 years relevant experience in ML and statistics

Take the opportunity to reveal your potential within a global, family-run company that offers you the best possible conditions for progressing in your career.

Please send us your application through our careers portal, citing reference number req16764.

HELLA India Automotive Pvt Ltd.

Ashwini Mankar