Data Engineer

RFA Engineering (www.rfamec.com) 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 client's 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 includes opportunities for 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

Bachelor’s 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: $80,000-$120,000/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

Preferred* Bachelors of Science or better in Data Science or related field

Bachelors of Science or better in Computer Engineering

Bachelors of Science or better in Computer Science or related field

Preferred* Data Analytics Data Mining

Data Analytics Big Data

Data Analytics

Equal Opportunity Employer

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