Senior Statistical Data Scientist
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Senior Statistical Data Scientist at an engineering startup in Switzerland. Collaborating globally to deliver insights from biological and experimental data.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with seed engineers, breeders, biologists, and data engineers
- Translate complex statistical results into clear, decision-ready insights
- Design and analyse biological and experimental datasets with statistical rigor
- Build predictive models for breeding and product development decisions
- Apply machine learning where it adds meaningful value beyond classical statistics
- Ensure experimental conclusions are robust, reproducible, and well-validated
Requirements:
- MSc or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Genetics, Econometrics, or related field
- Strong grounding in statistical inference, experimental design, regression, and mixed models
- Experience with Python and/or R
- Familiarity with predictive modelling and modern machine learning approaches
- Strong communication skills and ability to simplify complex reasoning
- Curiosity for scientific problem-solving beyond standard analytics
- **What Success Looks Like. Within your first year, you will:**
- Improve experimental design and analytical quality
- Become a trusted scientific advisor across teams
- Deliver predictive models that influence real-world decisions
- Strengthen evidence-based decision-making across the organisation
Benefits:
- Work at the intersection of statistics, biology, and engineering in a company where scientific thinking is central to every decision.
- Be part of a strong and truly international initiative
- Get well compensated for your time while being capable to keep your morning or research arrangements
- **Special Conditions**
- This is not a sponsored visa job.
- It requires trips in central Europe once a month for about 5 days. All relevant expenses are covered by the company.
- We are looking for people that further to their strong background they do enjoy what they do and wish to make a manageble change to the world


















