Benefits and Salary
- Salary £45,000 - £65,000 DOE
- 25 days annual leave (inclusive of up to 3 days Christmas shut-down)
- Buy or sell up to 5 days' annual leave
- Two pension schemes to choose from
- Private Medical Insurance + discounts for additional family members
- Life Assurance scheme up to 4× salary
- Share Save scheme
- Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Retail discounts
- Continuous Professional development support
Location: Head office in Little Paxton, St Neots. Full‑time on‑site role that allows collaboration with a highly skilled team of Data Scientists, Software Engineers and Technical Specialists.
Job Overview
As our Data Intelligence capability continues to grow, we’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join the team and support the delivery of innovative data solutions across a range of exciting customer projects. This is a newly created position, driven by increased project demand and continued growth within our Digital Services Group. You’ll play a key role in delivering advanced data science capabilities, helping customers unlock value from complex datasets through analysis, visualisation, modelling, prediction and AI‑driven solutions.
How you’ll support us
As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll provide technical leadership across a variety of projects, taking ownership of delivery while helping to guide and develop less experienced team members. You’ll work closely with project leads and customers to understand complex challenges, develop innovative solutions and ensure high‑quality outcomes. You’ll also play an important role in shaping the future of our Data Science capability, identifying opportunities to apply emerging technologies and supporting business growth through technical input into bids and proposals.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of data science activities in support of a dedicated Test & Evaluation programme.
- Define, scope and review tasking for Data Science team members.
- Develop analytical, predictive and visualisation solutions using modern data science techniques.
- Prototype and evaluate emerging AI and machine learning technologies.
- Develop robust, high‑quality software applications and tools.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to colleagues.
- Report progress and technical outputs to project stakeholders.
- Support business development activities and technical bid responses.
- Ensure data science processes and best practices are followed.
The invaluable experience you’ll bring
We’re expecting that you’ve done this role before, so you’ll know how to balance technical delivery with leadership responsibilities whilst managing multiple priorities. You’ll bring strong analytical thinking, a passion for solving complex problems and the ability to communicate technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
Core skills and experience we’re looking for
- Writing scripts to provide insights into complex system performance within high‑volume synthetic environments (Python or MATLAB).
- Experience with data transformation and visualisation frameworks.
- Generating GUIs to display key data insights.
- Development of product quality software applications.
- BSc or Master’s degree in a data related subject.
It would be great if you also have
- A strong background in statistics and data assimilation techniques.
- Prototyping AI/ML techniques (e.g. LLMs and neuromorphic systems).
- Knowledge of Electromagnetic Spectrum systems such as Radar, Electronic Warfare or Jamming technologies.
- An interest in GPU‑accelerated architectures and high‑performance computing.
- Experience using DevOps and software development tools such as Jira and BitBucket.
Our non‑negotiables
- UK National and eligible to work in the UK.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a UK Government SC level security clearance.
MASS is an equal opportunities employer; we know that our people are smart, skilled and motivated and in return we provide a friendly workplace where everyone is valued and has the chance to make an impact.
