Manufacturing AI & Analytics Architect

At BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), we are People Strong, Innovation Driven. A U.S.-based company, BWXT is a Fortune 1000 and Defense News Top 100 manufacturing and engineering innovator that provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for global security, clean energy, environmental restoration, nuclear medicine and space exploration. With more than 7,800 employees, BWXT has 14 major operating sites in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We are the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors for U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers. Our company supplies precision manufactured components, services and fuel for the commercial nuclear power industry across four continents. Our joint ventures provide environmental restoration and operations management at a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities. BWXT’s technology is driving advances in medical radioisotope production in North America and microreactors for various defense and space applications. For more information, visit www.bwxt.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.

Welcome to BWXT 

We believe in empowering our employees and cultivating a dynamic workplace that fosters growth and collaboration. Whether you’re an experienced professional or just starting your career, you'll find opportunities to challenge yourself, learn from seasoned experts, and contribute to nuclear innovation. We require a diverse range of skills to support our work in the markets that drive our business and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and life stages who are passionate about making a difference.

Position Overview:

The Manufacturing AI & Analytics Architect will guide the design and delivery of AI, advanced analytics, data architecture, and decision-support solutions for BWXT production manufacturing environments. This role will partner with manufacturing, engineering, quality, maintenance, operations, supply chain, cybersecurity, and IT teams to translate operational challenges into secure, scalable, supportable solutions that improve quality, throughput, downtime, process visibility, and data-driven decision making.

Location:

Onsite in Melbourne, FL or Lynchburg, VA. Fully remote option available.

Your Day to Day as a Manufacturing AI & Analytics Architect: 

• Partner with manufacturing and business-unit leaders to identify, prioritize, and define high-value AI and analytics use cases across production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, safety, and operational performance.
• Translate manufacturing workflows and operational pain points into technical requirements, data requirements, solution architectures, implementation plans, and measurable success criteria.
• Design practical solutions such as dashboards, alerts, predictive models, anomaly detection, optimization tools, AI assistants, data products, APIs, workflow automation, and lightweight applications.
• Analyze data from ERP, MES, SCADA, historians, PLCs, sensors, quality systems, maintenance systems, production logs, engineering systems, spreadsheets, and other operational sources.
• Develop reusable data models, features, semantic definitions, KPIs, and architecture patterns that can scale across plants, lines, stations, processes, and business units.
• Partner with data engineering, software engineering, application, platform, and cybersecurity teams to move prototypes into production-ready solutions.
• Support data governance, metadata, data quality, security, regulatory compliance, lifecycle management, and stewardship practices for manufacturing data and analytics.
• Apply MLOps and production support practices such as version control, testing, model deployment, monitoring, drift detection, retraining, logging, and documentation.
• Communicate technical concepts, assumptions, limitations, risks, and recommendations clearly to plant teams, engineers, leaders, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Challenge assumptions constructively, clarifies ambiguous requirements, and helps prioritize solutions that provide practical business value.

 Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, including some experience in data architecture, analytics, AI/ML, data engineering, manufacturing systems, and/or solution architecture.
• Experience designing or delivering analytics, AI/ML, data, BI, automation, or decision-support solutions in a professional environment.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large, complex datasets.
• Python or similar analytical programming experience using tools such as pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, statsmodels, or similar libraries.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised analytics or machine learning methods, such as classification, regression, clustering, anomaly detection, time-series analysis, forecasting, optimization, or statistical process analysis.
• Experience working with cloud-based data and analytics platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, or similar environments.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, including data modeling, data integration, metadata, data quality, data governance, and data lifecycle management.
• Experience communicating technical findings in business-friendly language and produce clear technical architecture and support documentation.
• Highly self-motivated, collaborative, detail-oriented, and results-driven.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) clearance.

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

• Experience applying AI, analytics, data science, or data architecture in manufacturing, industrial, nuclear, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, quality, maintenance, supply chain, or operations environments.
• Experience with manufacturing systems such as MES, SCADA, PLCs, historians, CMMS/EAM, QMS, ERP, industrial IoT platforms, engineering systems, or production scheduling systems.
• Understanding of manufacturing KPIs such as throughput, cycle time, downtime, OEE, scrap, rework, takt time, bottlenecks, quality escapes, first-pass yield, schedule adherence, and safety events.
• Experience with Azure, Azure AI/OpenAI, Databricks, Power BI, SQL Server, Python, APIs, Power Platform, containerized applications, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Experience with real-time or near-real-time anomaly detection, streaming data, event-driven architectures, MQTT, Kafka, Spark, Azure Event Hubs, Azure IoT, or similar technologies.
• Experience building dashboards, internal applications, or decision-support tools using Power BI, Tableau, Grafana, Streamlit, Dash, FastAPI, or similar tools.
• Experience in regulated, high-security, safety-conscious, export-controlled, or mission-critical environments.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including health, dental, and retirement plans.

• Flexible work schedules and paid time off to promote a healthy work-life balance.

• Professional development opportunities, including mentorship programs and sponsorship for continuing education.
• An inclusive atmosphere that celebrates new perspectives and supports collaboration between different generations.
• The chance to be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive impact on the future of energy.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and training to grow throughout your career!

Pay: $86,450 - $136,000

The base salary range for this position in Florida (US-FL) at the start of employment is expected to be between $86,450 and $136,000 per year. However, the base salary offered is based on local job market factors, and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, the selected job candidate will be employed 'at-will,’ unless employed at a location and in a position subject to a collective bargaining agreement.  The company further reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment, compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and other market factors.

As a federal government contractor, BWX Technologies, Inc. and any subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities (“BWXT” or the “Company”) complies with all federal, state, and local laws and customer requirements regarding health and safety protocols.  As such, all BWXT new hires will be required to adhere to applicable Company health and safety requirements within the workplace as a condition of employment.

All candidates must be U.S. citizens. Selected applicants are required to successfully complete a pre-employment check and drug screening. In addition, the position may require the ability to obtain and maintain applicable federal eligibility requirements for access to classified/sensitive information or matter which involves an extensive criminal and financial background investigation, drug test, previous employment, and reference verifications.

BWXT is committed to the concept of Equal Employment Opportunity. We have established procedures to ensure that all personnel actions such as recruitment, compensation, career development, benefits, company-sponsored training and social recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran or other protected status.

BWX Technologies, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (BWXT) is not responsible for and does not accept any liability for fees or other costs associated with resumes or candidates presented by recruiters or employment agencies, unless a binding, written recruitment agreement between BWXT and the recruiter or agency exists prior to the presentation of candidates or resumes to BWXT and includes the specific services, job openings, and fees to be paid (“Agreement”). BWXT may consider any candidate for whom a recruiter or agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire such candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency unless an Agreement is in place prior to presentation and such Agreement explicitly encompasses the job opening for which such fees or costs are sought. An email, verbal or other informal contact with any person within BWXT will not create a binding agreement. Agencies or recruiters without an Agreement are directed not to contact any hiring managers of BWXT with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Recruiters and agencies interested in partnering with BWXT may contact BWXT’s Talent Acquisition team at talent_acquisition@bwxt.com.