Data Scientist V

Industry: Consumer Electronics

Duration:  12 Months

Pay Rate: $100-105/HR. on W2

Shift: 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM

 

Job Description:

  • Our goal is to explore, concept, and design novel interfaces and input devices for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are driving research towards a vision of an always-on AR device that can provide contextually relevant assistance across a range of complex, dynamic, real-world tasks in natural environments.
  • To this end, we are looking for a researcher with a background in human-computer interaction, neuroscience, cognitive science, and/or psychology to contribute to our team’s user state modeling research.

 Job Responsibilities:

  • Explore and train machine learning models.
  • Build and maintain model training and evaluation pipelines.
  • Analyze quantitative data from experiments to draw insights on core research problems.
  • Collaborate with researchers and engineers to build AR/VR experiments that explore novel technologies, interface concepts, and models.
  • Write reports documenting research findings.

 Minimum Qualifications:

  • Masters degree in computer science, human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, or related field.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience using a variety of inferential statistics, computational models, and machine learning (e.g., forecasting, predictive modeling).
  • Minimum of 3 years experience analyzing and modeling data for human participants.
  • Minimum of 3 years writing code to analyze and model quantitative data with Python.
  • Interpersonal skills, including cross-group collaboration and cross-culture collaboration.
  • Strong written and verbal communication and project management skills.
  • Must obtain work authorization in country of employment (United States) at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PhD degree in computer science, human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, or related field.
  • Proven track record of achieving research results and innovation as demonstrated by first-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals/conferences and/or patents.
  • Familiarity with AR/VR technologies and literature.

 Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

  • 3 years writing code to analyze and model quantitative data with Python.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience using a variety of inferential statistics, computational models, and machine learning (e.g., forecasting, predictive modeling).
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience analyzing and modeling data for human participants.

 Good to have skills:

  • Familiarity with AR/VR technologies and literature
  • Proven track record of achieving research results and innovation as demonstrated by first-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals/conferences and/or patents.
  • PhD degree in computer science, human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, or related field.