IT och mjukvarutveckling
Senior Data Scientist
Are you passionate about driving innovation in industrial automation and AI? Step into a role where you define the future of process control—setting the technical vision and strategy that powers smarter, more sustainable operations worldwide.
About the job
In this role, you set the technical vision and roadmap for Process Control and AI, ensuring strategies align with measurable KPIs. You lead the entire lifecycle—from opportunity scoping and data acquisition to modeling, digital-twin simulation, controller design, and performance monitoring. Hybrid modeling, physics-informed machine learning, and advanced state estimation are part of your toolkit. Additionally, you engage directly with strategic customers to uncover value and shape use cases that deliver ROI.
Key focus areas include:
Driving R&D governance – prioritizing portfolios and fostering partnerships with universities and customers.
Leading innovation in process control and automation, ensuring robust solutions.
Supporting bids with compelling technical narratives and quantifiable business outcomes.
The location for this position is flexible. You report to the Process Control Manager.
Your profile
You bring several years of experience in R&D for industrial process control or applied ML in heavy industry, including working in multidisciplinary teams. You’re skilled in control theory, time-series modeling, and hybrid/physics-informed ML. You have hands-on experience across the full lifecycle—from data acquisition and model design to deployment and performance monitoring—and a proven track record of implementing process control solutions in production environments. You have a PhD in Physics, Chemistry, or a related field. Fluency in English, both written and verbal, is essential.
You’re an analytic thinker with a collaborative mindset. You navigate complexity with confidence, balance innovation with pragmatism, and communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.
Our culture
At Sandvik, we’re tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. We believe that success is a team effort so we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where people can be themselves and reach their full potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact Steven Hanny, hiring manager, +46 (0)70 606 68 33
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Union contacts – Sweden
Mårten Lindberg, Unionen, +46 (0)76 111 03 36
Jonny Hansson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)76 126 45 81
Michael Wicktor-Ohlsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 251 44 57
Recruitment Specialist: Ulrika Gruffman
How to apply
This recruitment has an ongoing selection process, please send your application as soon as possible, and no later than December 11, 2025. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0085939.
As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline.
To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com
Rock Processing is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and infrastructure industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition. In 2024, sales were approximately 11 billion SEK with about 2,700 employees.
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