About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, serving customers in more than 150 countries. We create intelligent buildings, efficient energy solutions, integrated infrastructure, and next-generation transportation systems.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation including base salary and performance bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, vision, retirement)
- Professional development budget and learning opportunities
- Work on innovative AI / ML technology at global scale
- Collaborative culture with growth-oriented mindset
- Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance
What you will do
Johnson Controls is seeking a Data Scientist with experience in developing and deploying ML / AI solutions. This role focuses on implementing agentic AI systems, time series analytics, and signal processing capabilities to optimize our building technologies, HVAC systems, and industrial IoT platforms. You'll work alongside senior data scientists while taking ownership of key projects. This is a hybrid position (onsite 3 days per week) based in Glendale, WI. Candidates must be commuting distance, or able to relocate.
How you will do it
Develop and deploy agentic AI systems that optimize building operations, energy consumption, and equipment performanceBuild time series forecasting models for energy demand, equipment behavior, and operational patternsApply signal processing techniques to analyze sensor data and detect anomalies in industrial environmentsImplement end-to-end machine learning pipelines from data preprocessing through model deploymentContribute to predictive maintenance projects using ML models to forecast equipment failuresCollaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into data science solutionsDocument methodologies, models, and results for knowledge sharing and reproducibilityWhat you will need
Required
Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field4+ years of professional experience developing and deploying ML / AI solutions in industrial, IoT, or similar environmentsExperience delivering at least 2-3 production ML models with measurable business impactAgentic AI & Machine LearningHands-on experience building agentic AI systems or autonomous decision-making algorithmsKnowledge of reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, or autonomous optimization frameworksExposure to LLM-based agents, tool use, or reasoning frameworks for decision-makingSolid understanding of supervised and unsupervised ML algorithms with deployment experienceTime Series AnalysisExperience with time series forecasting using methods like ARIMA, Prophet, LSTM, or similar approachesHands-on work with seasonal patterns, trend analysis, and time series decompositionExperience applying time series techniques to real-world datasets (sensor data, energy consumption, etc.)Familiarity with handling missing data, outliers, and non-stationary time seriesSignal ProcessingWorking knowledge of digital signal processing including filtering, FFT, and spectral analysisExperience processing sensor data from industrial equipment (vibration, temperature, pressure, acoustic signals)Ability to implement feature extraction from signal data and apply noise reduction techniquesUnderstanding of frequency domain analysis and pattern detection in signalsStrong proficiency in Python with ML libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch, XGBoost)Experience with signal processing libraries (scipy.signal, PyWavelets)Working knowledge of time series libraries (statsmodels, Prophet, or tslearn)Experience with at least one cloud platform (Azure preferred, AWS, or GCP)Solid SQL skills and familiarity with data streaming technologies (Kafka, MQTT)Version control with Git and basic MLOps practicesPreferred
Azure Machine LearningExperience with Azure Machine Learning workspace, automated ML, or deployment capabilitiesFamiliarity with Azure ML pipelines, model registry, or managed endpointsExposure to Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, or Azure IoT HubBasic knowledge of Azure DevOps for CI / CD or model versioningGenetic AI / Evolutionary AlgorithmsExposure to genetic algorithms or evolutionary strategies for optimization problemsExperience applying evolutionary computation for hyperparameter tuning or feature selectionInterest in nature-inspired algorithms and optimization techniquesPredictive MaintenanceExperience contributing to predictive maintenance projects or failure prediction modelsKnowledge of remaining useful life (RUL) estimation or anomaly detection in equipment dataUnderstanding of condition-based monitoring conceptsFamiliarity with maintenance optimization approachesHIRING SALARY RANGE : $85,000 - $110,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, andabilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This position includes acompetitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers siteat