Data Engineer

Urbandale, IA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 80000 - 120000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

RFA Engineering () supports industry-leading clients through the full software development lifecycle to build cutting-edge precision agriculture machine guidance vehicle automation and autonomy applications. We are seeking passionate talented engineers to work on exciting projects using the latest tools and technologies including robotics computer-vision machine learning IoT cloud computing and much more. Collaborate with a team of industry experts onsite at our clients world-class engineering center and contribute to developing innovative solutions that drive sustainable agriculture practices.

This is a full-time position with a full benefit package listed below that includesopportunitiesfor professional growth direct hire by our customers and additional opportunities within our own organization.

Senior Data Engineer

As a Data Engineer you will enable engineers analysts and data scientists to more effectively access explore and leverage enterprise data to generate insights build models and make data-driven decisions. This role focuses on designing scalable cloud-based data solutions developing high-quality datasets and creating data products that empower individual contributors to work independently with complex high-volume data.

A key component of this role involves collaborating with embedded and digital engineering teams to define capture and analyze system performance UI and health metrics. You will help translate raw signals into actionable insights through analytics dashboards and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

Design build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines and data products that support analytics machine learning and exploratory data analysis
Enable self-service data access by developing well-structured documented and discoverable datasets for individual contributors
Partner with embedded and digital engineering teams to define required performance UI and system health metrics and ensure appropriate data capture
Perform analytics and data aggregation to translate raw signals into meaningful insights and visualizations
Develop and maintain production-ready Python code and data workflows using SQL PySpark Databricks and related technologies
Manage and optimize storage of diverse data types including images raster data parquet files time-series data geo-tagged data text and other unstructured data
Build dashboards and interactive data applications using tools such as Tableau Plotly Dash or similar web-based visualization frameworks
Develop alerting and monitoring solutions (e.g. automated email notifications) to identify system performance issues or data pipeline failures
Collaborate in code reviews documentation and best-practice development to ensure maintainable and reproducible solutions
Manage multiple projects priorities and milestones while maintaining a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Requirements

Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent professional experience
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing cloud-based data solutions in production environments
Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering and analytics applications
Experience working with data access and processing technologies such as SQL PySpark Databricks Postgres and MongoDB
Experience building and maintaining datasets at scale across multiple data formats and structures
Familiarity with vehicle or embedded system data including CAN signals
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to lead meetings clearly document work communicate proof-of-concepts and collaborate across teams

Desired Attributes

Experience developing dashboards and visual analytics solutions using tools such as Tableau Plotly or similar platforms
Familiarity with spatial data and visualization tools such as Folium or Plotly
Experience implementing system monitoring alerting and health-tracking solutions
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex data and system issues
Ability to work effectively in a self-directed environment with minimal oversight
Proven ability to manage multiple schedules deliverables and stakeholders simultaneously
Knowledge of off-highway agricultural construction or industrial equipment data systems is a plus

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

Salary Range: $80000-$120000/year: Commensurate with experience

About RFA Engineering

RFA Engineering has provided product development and engineering services to industry leading customers since 1943. Our primary focus is the development of off highway equipment including agricultural construction mining recreational industrial and special machines. Our work includes concept development product design documentation problem-solving simulation optimization and testing of components systems and complete machines. Our engineering staff is located at our Engineering Center in Minneapolis branch office in Dubuque IA and at numerous customer sites throughout the U.S.

Competitive Benefits

Health and Dental Insurance
TelaDoc Healthiest You
Supplemental Vision Insurance
Company Paid Life Insurance
Company Paid Long-Term Disability
Short-term Disability
Retirement Savings Account (Traditional 401k & Roth 401k)
Flexible Spending Plan Dependent Care
HSA for Medical Expenses
Bonus Plan (Exempt Employees Only)
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays
Bereavement Leave
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Education Assistance

Equal Opportunity and Veteran Friendly

Required Experience:

RFA Engineering () supports industry-leading clients through the full software development lifecycle to build cutting-edge precision agriculture machine guidance vehicle automation and autonomy applications. We are seeking passionate talented engineers to work on exciting projects using the latest t...