Senior Data Scientist (AI Specialist) at Ford
Dearborn, MI
$68,300–$192,900from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Dearborn, MI
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Data Scientist role within Ford's Global Data Insight & Analytics organization, focused on building and deploying AI/ML models, data pipelines, and analytics products to support supplier risk and related business functions. The work spans the full lifecycle from model design and training — including deep learning and LLMs — through production deployment on Google Cloud Platform, in close collaboration with data engineers, software engineers, and business stakeholders.
Senior level · 5+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Master's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 3–10
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 $105,602 (middle half $82,863–$137,683). 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 Aug 1, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role has a strong software engineering dimension — building APIs, data pipelines, and deploying models to production — which makes 15-1252 Software Developers a plausible alternative classification; 15-2051 was chosen because the primary framing is model development, ML, statistics, and analytics.
The compensation range ($68,300–$192,900/year) is unusually wide, reflecting salary grades 5–8; the actual offer will depend on the candidate's experience level.
The degree requirement is a Master's in a quantitative field, but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent combination of relevant education and experience,' which would normally warrant None — however, the phrasing 'Master's degree … OR equivalent combination' is treated here as a hard floor with an experience-substitution path; the degree requirement is set to Masters as the stated minimum formal credential.
LangGraph and Google ADK appear in the responsibilities section rather than a formal requirements block, but are called out with specific product names and framed as expected familiarity for the role; captured as required accordingly.
neo4j and graph databases appear under the 'Even better, you may have' (preferred) section.
The posting states the role is hybrid with potential for four or more onsite days per week at a Ford hub location; it is not fully remote.
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