Senior Data Scientist (Engineering Simulation/ML), Ukraine

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

About The Role

You will join the Advanced Analytics team of a leading multinational energy company, working on one of the most technically demanding applications of machine learning in the engineering domain. The mission is to augment the upstream design configuration process for complex mechanical equipment - reducing manual iteration cycles before simulation software is ever invoked. This role sits at the intersection of applied ML and mechanical engineering, working directly with senior engineering stakeholders on highly bespoke, domain-specific datasets.

What You Will Do

• Analyze and model FEA-derived engineering datasets - load cases, material properties, geometric configurations - to build ML-based surrogate models that predict optimal design configurations.
• Apply uncertainty quantification techniques to assess model confidence and communicate prediction reliability to engineering stakeholders.
• Implement active learning strategies to intelligently prioritize the most informative simulation runs, minimizing the number of costly iterations required to train robust models.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical engineers and product management to translate domain constraints into well-defined ML problem formulations.
• Select, justify and implement appropriate ML approaches - regression, ensemble methods, neural networks based on dataset characteristics, and defend those choices with technical rigor.
• Build, validate and iterate on models using Python in an AWS environment.
• Work semi-autonomously: take high-level requirements, structure the problem independently and drive execution with minimal oversight.

Mush Have

• Mechanical or physical engineering domain experience - hands-on exposure to engineering datasets involving loads, stress, pressure, material properties or structural behavior. Aerospace, subsea, automotive and heavy industry backgrounds are all relevant.
• FEA dataset fluency - you understand what simulation output data looks like, how it is structured and what the physical quantities represent. Operational knowledge of ANSYS or Abaqus is not required, but you must have worked with data generated by tools of this kind.
• Strong ML foundations - deep grounding in mathematics and statistics. You can justify algorithm selection, explain model behavior and diagnose failure modes. You do not treat ML as a black box.
• Uncertainty quantification - applied UQ experience in an engineering or scientific context.
• Active learning - practical experience designing or implementing active learning loops to reduce the number of expensive simulations runs needed to train reliable models.
• Production-quality Python — clean, maintainable ML code built for real engineering workflows.
• Autonomous working style — you can take high-level requirements, structure the problem independently and deliver without daily oversight.

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience with surrogate modelling, design space exploration or simulation data regression.
• Familiarity with FEA/CFD simulation workflows (ANSYS, Abaqus, Fluent) - you do not need to operate these tools, but understanding the workflow is a meaningful advantage.
• Background in physics-informed ML or scientific computing.
• AWS experience for model development and deployment.

What you will love about working here?

We care about all our employees and want them to feel as comfortable as possible. That's why we offer them health insurance from the first days, regardless of the probationary period.

The gift from the company - Christmas holidays from 25 December to 31 December.

Сooperation with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB. Capgemini Engineering has supported the launch of psychological rehabilitation department of Superhumans. Our team also donnated over UAH 500 000 prosthetics for three Ukrainian defenders. Currently, we support psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub, and we have implemented a internal policy making the company friendly to military and veterans with the assistance of the Hub.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.