Description
Lead SME- Steel, Metal & Mining (Data Scientist)
Location: Mumbai, India
Department: Data Science
Experience: 5- 8 Years
Type: Full time
Experience: 5- 8 years
Location: Mumbai
What You’ll Do
- Act as the domain expert for steel, metals, and mining operations, providing deep insights into plant processes, KPIs, and operational pain points.
- Guide internal teams and customers with actionable recommendations to improve productivity and identify high-value digital opportunities.
- Lead the creation of Faclon’s AI & data stack for the sector, defining high-impact AI/ML use cases and developing workflows, logic, and functional documentation.
- Work with historians, MES/LIMS, and IoT data to build analytics and ML models- performing data exploration, feature engineering, and validation to ensure models reflect real plant behavior.
- Drive all technical activities during PoCs, converting customer problems into models, dashboards, and insights that deliver measurable value.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to shape product features, refine KPIs, and optimize data pipelines for scalable deployments.
- Support Customer Success by validating calculations, workflows, and digital twins; ensure smooth on-ground deployment of solutions.
- Create internal knowledge resources and conduct training to strengthen cross-team understanding.
- Stay updated on Industry 4.0 and AI trends; publish case studies and represent Faclon in industry forums as a thought leader.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in steel, metals, or mining operations, with a deep understanding of plant processes, production flows, and industry-specific KPIs.
- Proven experience working with historian data, MES/LIMS, or industrial IoT data, and translating that data into meaningful insights.
- Strong knowledge of machine learning, statistics, and time-series analysis.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to think in structured, process-driven ways to address complex challenges.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with CXOs, engineers, and operational teams.
- High ownership and the ability to work in fast-paced, high-impact environments.A passion for creating value for customers and delivering impactful, scalable digital solutions.
About us
We’re Faclon Labs- a high-growth, deep-tech startup on a mission to make infrastructure and utilities smarter using IoT and SaaS. Sounds heavy? That’s because we do heavy lifting- in tech, in thinking, and in creating real-world impact.
We’re not your average startup. We don’t do corporate fluff. We do ownership, fast iterations, and big ideas. If you're looking for ping-pong tables, we're still saving up. But if you want to shape the soul of the company while it's being built- this is the place!
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