Senior Data Scientist at The Boeing Company
Huntsville, AL
$162,350–$219,650from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data scientist role embedded in Boeing's Defense, Space & Security quality organization supporting the PAC-3 program in Huntsville, AL. The position centers on building and deploying predictive and prescriptive analytics models — including AI/ML approaches — to address quality management challenges in aerospace manufacturing. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with engineering and operations teams and hands-on work in Palantir Foundry alongside standard BI and programming tools.
Mid level · 3+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $114,269 (middle half $86,859–$140,248). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is titled 'Senior Data Scientist' but the only stated overall experience floor is 3 years (for modeling/simulation and VBA), which aligns with a Mid-level role on a normal career ladder. The advertised seniority reflects the title; the assessed level reflects the actual requirements.
Java, JavaScript, and TypeScript appear in the required programming skills list alongside Python — they are listed as alternatives since the JD frames them as 'Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar languages.' Python is named first and is the most common data science language.
SQL and R appear in the required skills section ('Apply programming and scripting skills (e.g., SQL, Python, R)') and are treated as hard gates despite the 'e.g.' qualifier, per section placement rules.
Tableau and Power BI appear in both the required responsibilities narrative and the Preferred Qualifications section. They are marked preferred because the Preferred section is the more authoritative placement for gating purposes; their mention in the responsibilities narrative is treated as stack context.
The posting lists 'Experience in aerospace, manufacturing, quality or a regulated industry' explicitly as 'a plus' within the Basic Qualifications block — treated as preferred rather than a hard gate.
This position requires active US Secret clearance and US Person status (export control); non-US citizens and those without or unable to obtain a Secret clearance are ineligible.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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