- Function title: Data Scientist Assistant
- Reference: NOC-AT-2025-AST/952
- Location: Brรฉtigny-sur-Orge
- The selected candidate must reside either at this location or within a reasonable proximity that allows for the satisfactory execution of their duties. The Innovation Hub is expected to relocate to the Innovation Cluster Paris-Saclay around 2028.
- Information about living in Brรฉtigny-sur-Orge
- Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
- Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency
- Type of post: Assistant
- Job level: AST4-AST6 - Check salary simulations for the basic grade
- Generic job title: Specialised Technical/Administrative Assistant
- Number of posts: 1
- Duration of appointment: 5 Year(s) - extension or conversion of the contract is possible โ see โUseful informationโ section
- Security clearance: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security policies
- Directorate/Service: ATD/INO/CoE - Centre of Expertise
- Working arrangement: EUROCONTROL operates a hybrid working model that combines onsite presence with remote work opportunities. Remote working is subject to specific limits set out in internal rules and must align with business needs and managerial approval. Please note that full-time remote work is not permitted.
- Competition publication date: 19/06/2025
- Competition closing date: 17/07/2025 (23:59 Brussels time)
- Reserve list: Applicable - See details in the \"Useful information\" section
Your team
Within the Aviation Transformation Directorate, the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub (EIH) carries out research, innovation and simulation activities to help improve European aviation performance, safety and sustainability, bridging the gap between R&D and operations. The EIH also addresses emerging new technologies as well as deployment of drones and urban air mobility systems.
Your role
Your role will be to:
- Provide specialised support in designing, developing, validating and deploying new machine learning models.
Required qualifications, experience & competencies
Post secondary education or secondary education giving access to post-secondary education, and relevant professional experience of at least 3 years. Internal candidates can check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate. A minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience. Knowledge or understanding of a variety of machine learning techniques in supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning and their real-world advantages/drawbacks. Mathematics and especially statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc. Scripting and programming skills (Python mandatory). Knowledge of Java or C++ would be an asset. The following would be desirable: Experience acquired in the aviation domain. Experience with common libraries used in data science, such as Tensorflow, Pytorch, Scikit-Learn, MLflow, XGBoost, etc. Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases. Experience with common data science toolkits, such as Python, R, Scala, Spark, Weka, etc. Proficiency in, at least, one of these is highly desirable. Experience with data visualisation tools, such as D3, GGplot, Dash, Shiny, Grafana, Tableau etc. Experience with Cloud environment (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Machine Learning) would be an asset. Knowledge of optimisation algorithms and solvers, including advanced meta-heuristics as well as classical methods. Analytical thinking: you apply a methodical approach to complex information. Creativity and innovation: you apply new approaches. Communication: you are able to foster two-way communication. Networking: you know how to maintain and expand effective networks. Result focus: You seek to improve personal performance. Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment. Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1. The selected candidate will be required to become at least a basic user of French at level A1/A2 before the end of the probation period.The levels relate to the European-framework-reference Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).
Useful information
Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only. The selected candidate may be required to provide documentary evidence confirming they meet the minimum education requirements. They will be informed if and when specific evidence is needed. Please note that no offer (for external candidates) or appointment (for internal candidates) will be made until the necessary evidence, if required, is validated. The selected candidate will be offered a contract for a duration of 5 Year(s) in accordance with the provisions of the Staff Regulations governing officials at EUROCONTROL. This contract may be renewed for a total duration of up to nine (9) years, or it may be converted into an undetermined contract. The selected candidate must successfully complete a probationary period of nine (9) months before being established in the post. Internal candidatesIf selected, the person will keep their current type of appointment duration (undetermined or determined).
The internal staff member with a determined contract will be offered, in principle, an appointment for 5 Year(s) with a maximum total duration of 9 years. The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade set out in this vacancy notice, or if a group of grades has been published for a job level, in principle at the basic grade of the published job level. Candidates declared suitable who are not selected for the post will be placed on a reserve list for similar roles. The reserve list will be valid for one year from the closing date of applications. Information on salary and benefits can be found on our Careers site EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality and diversity. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce. Candidates should go to our Careers site and read the tips on how to apply.