Senior Scientist Data Science
Company: MonoSol, A Kuraray Company
Location: Chicago, IL
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-11-10
About this role
We're looking for an experienced Data Scientist with a background in materials, chemistry, polymers, or chemical engineering to transform how data drives decisions across R&D and manufacturing. You'll build advanced statistical and machine learning models, develop digital twins, and accelerate our understanding of materials, chemistry, and processes through predictive modeling and optimization. This role sits at the intersection of scientific insight, statistical rigor, and real-world impact. The ideal candidate pairs strong full-stack data science skills with domain intuition and thrives in translating complex technical problems into practical solutions.
As a senior individual contributor, you'll lead end-to-end modeling initiatives and translate insights into deployed solutions and operational recommendations that improve yield, quality, cost, and cycle time. You'll work across diverse data environments (from small, high-value R&D experiments to complex, high-dimensional production datasets) turning complexity into clear, actionable direction. Your work will directly shape how teams access, use, and trust data, helping build a more agile, innovation-focused organization.
Beyond building models, you'll help elevate our broader data science capabilities by developing reusable tools, scalable workflows, and high-quality data assets that amplify impact across projects and teams. This is an opportunity to do meaningful, technically challenging work while shaping how data science is applied in a materials and manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
Scientific and Statistical Partnership
- Partner with scientists, engineers, and manufacturing teams to frame high-impact problems, assess data quality, and apply rigorous statistical thinking to materials, process, and production challenges.
- Bring a strong scientific lens to every analysis by ensuring methods are not only technically sound, but meaningful in the context of chemistry, mate...