Data Scientist / Senior Lead Researcher in Mobility

Job: Investigador/a
Department: Data Science & Big Data Analytics
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Contract: Permanent
Working day: Full time
Sector: Internet and technology
Vacancies: 1
Discipline: R&D

EURECAT

Eurecat is the main Research & Technology Organisation in Catalonia and the second largest private research organization in southern Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 700 professionals and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Applied R&D, technological services, highly specialized training, technological consultancy or valorisation and exploitation of industrial property are some of the services that Eurecat offers for both large and small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors. The technology centre participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I and has 181 patents and 10 spin-offs. The added value provided by Eurecat accelerates innovation, reduces spending on scientific and technological infrastructures, reduces risks and provides specialized knowledge tailored to each company.

Job description

Eurecat – Technical Centre of Catalunya, develops innovative projects across various sectors of different technological areas.

The Big Data and Data Science team is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team composed of researchers, data scientists, data engineers and PhD candidates tackling challenges along 6 main R&D lines: Artificial Intelligence, Behavioural Analytics and Personalization, Privacy, Explainable AI & Algorithmic Fairness, Perception and Cognition, Big Data Infrastructures, and Computational Social Sciences.

We are looking for a motivated data scientist with hands-on experience as a Senior Lead Researcher in behavioural analytics, profiling, recommendation systems, with special emphasis on Mobility.

The ideal candidate comes from any background related to Data Science or Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc. He/she should have already been exposed to these fields and will lead a team of two junior researchers.

The selected candidate will join the Big Data & Data Science team and help us on our ongoing R&D projects, as well as develop new ones and lead and provide support to the team. Experience in the Tourism sector will be highly valuable.

FUNCTIONS:

Reviewing scientific literature
Discussing with various stakeholders to understand and formulate business/research problems
Identify or gather data, formulate hypotheses, and test them by using the data
Design and implement technological solutions to solve the previously defined problems. This includes coding (mostly in python and using AI libraries).
Lead and provide support to the team composed by two junior researchers
Lead tasks or work packages in innovative projects (European, national, local)
Report your results in various degrees of formality – from your teammates to project stakeholders
Seek funding opportunities and take part in writing proposals

The position may be located at any Eurecat site

Requirements

Studies and Knowledge:

Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related studies
Holding a MsC or PhD in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning...
While we value formal training (PhD, MSc, BSc), these are not eliminatory. We are looking for candidates who understand the stakes of innovative R&D projects and are motivated to be a part of them.
Knowing the tourism sector will be valuable

Background:

Experience in any of the previously mentioned areas, specially Mobility Analysis. While we value formal training (PhD, MSc, BSc), these are not eliminatory. We are looking for candidates who understand the stakes of innovative R&D projects and are motivated to be a part of them.
Experience in Python and the various libraries for data science, prediction, profiling and machine learning. Other programming languages will be weighed up

Soft Skills:

Curiosity and motivation to tackle different problems, from different application domains.
Team worker, objective-oriented, organized, and trustworthy. Consistent with your work and open to new challenges.

Languages:

- Fluent in Catalan, Spanish and English, both written and spoken

Job closed

Job: Investigador/a
Department: Data Science & Big Data Analytics
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Contract: Permanent
Working day: Full time
Sector: Internet and technology
Vacancies: 1
Discipline: R&D

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