Associate Data Scientist/Computer Scientist
$60K-$103K (Glassdoor est.)
MITRE is a trusted operator of federally funded research and development centers and we're on a mission to make the world a safer place-for all of humanity, today and in the future. To deliver on our mission, we need the world’s best talent and leaders-groundbreakers and partnership-builders on a global scale in areas like healthcare, artificial intelligence, critical infrastructure resiliency, pandemic management, and cybersecurity.

In return, we have the privilege of backing you with thousands of technical experts in diverse fields, a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing, access to data and resources uniquely available to MITRE through our wide-ranging partnerships across government, industry and academia.

MITRE performs leading-edge research
and development toward transformational solutions to our world’s most challenging
problems. Our Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development is a
Federally-Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) established to serve
as strategic partners to the federal government and various aviation groups
around the world. Our engineers, analysts, technical and operational experts
team to solve problems in the public interest that improve the safety and
efficiency of the airspace system in the U.S. and abroad.

The Airport & Airspace Analysis,
Modeling, and Design department is seeking an early career / highly qualified [A1] Data Scientist/Computer Scientist
that will apply data analytics, machine learning / deep learning, and natural
language processing to work with the FAA and
international customers identify and address aviation safety risks.

The candidate will
be responsible for:
Leveraging
Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine
Learning (ML) techniques and solutions to identify and predict aviation safety risks
Conducting
quantitative data analysis using a variety of datasets, including developing
retrieval, processing, analysis, and visualization of various datasets
Collaborating
with government organizations, academia, and industry to encourage innovation
in aviation safety analysis
Develop and
prototype ML algorithms and software tools.
Adapting
current research and work in the AI/ML industry for application to the aviation
safety problem space.
Enhancing
and maintaining current analysis tools, including automation of current
processes using AI/ML algorithms.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s
Degree in Data Science, Computer Science or related field
1-2 years work experience using data science techniques, including machine
learning, deep learning, statistical modeling, text mining and data visualization
Experience
with programming languages such as Python, Java, or other languages for
prototyping/testing algorithms
Strong
written and verbal communication skills
Ability to
work both independently and with a team

Preferred
Qualifications:
Advanced
degree in related field of study
Practical
experience with statistical analysis
Experience
with text mining tools and techniques including in areas of summarization,
search, and entity extraction.
Understanding
of Big Data tools (e.g. Hadoop, Spark)
Ability to
foster relationship with sponsors
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