Data Scientist

• Simple Staffing is hiring for this position on behalf of Sable Systems International Inc. *

Proactive Data Scientist to design, develop, maintain, and document data analysis services and products related to electronic metabolic measurement instruments in collaboration with a team of multidisciplinary engineers.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

New Product Development Activities such as:
Develop, add features to, and release data analysis tools (macro collections, scripts, and software applications) for customer and in-house use.
Define and implement new data analysis product offerings in collaboration with Product Management.
Test and validate new analytical tools and/or products.
Assist Customer Support and Marketing teams with data analysis and visualization in response to customer needs.
Sustaining Activities such as:
Maintain a library of existing data analysis tools (macro collections and scripts) for customer and in-house use.
Manage versions and fix bugs in existing data analysis tools (macros) and analysis software applications.
Test and validate existing analytical tools and/or products.
Research Activities such as:
Design and perform experiments to gather data.
Perform exploratory data analysis on biological and other data.
Perform hypothesis-driven data analysis for product development experiments (e.g., sensor comparison and evaluation, sensitivity analyses)
Teach data science and analysis topics as part of a team in our in-house customer training courses or as ad-hoc staff training.
Participate and provide feedback in product design review meetings.
Write and/or review functional specifications for technical content and accuracy.
Other duties as assigned.

Required: Skills and Competencies

• Proactive and high initiative style. Willing to speak out to provide feedback and propose alternatives.

• Proficient in R ,Python, C# and VB .NET software languages.

• Proficient in Statistics.

• Proficient in Time Series Analysis.

• Experience with version control systems – git and subversion.

• Proficient in Data visualization.

• Proven technical writing and documentation skills.

• Able to interpret Test Data and Specifications.

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of task execution and generate results with minimal supervision.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment and collaborate effectively with others.

• Capable of effective time management and prioritization and making progress on multiple concurrent tasks.

• Comfortable with ambiguous project/task definition and able to propose alternative solutions to technical problems.

• Ability to manage frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook software.

• Effective communicator, both orally and in writing.

Desired:

• Proficient in Signal Processing.

• Experience or knowledge of Machine Learning concepts and techniques.

• Experience with managing and merging numerous software main/release/feature branches.

• Proficient in microcontroller firmware design and development using a wide array of different microcontrollers and tool chains.

Education:

• B.S. degree in Data Science/Computational Biology with 3 years of work experience, or M.S./Ph.D. in Data Science/Computational Biology.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person