Industry Job Title Data Science Intern
Security Clearance Level No Clearance Requirement
Business Area Rail Technologies
City Charlottesville
State Virginia
Country United States
Job Description ENSCO’s Applied Technology and Engineering (ATE) Division designs, develops and manufactures precision, high-speed, real-time vehicle and track inspection systems for the national and international railway market. The ATE Division has an opening for a motivated, self-starting Data Science Intern. The Data Science intern will help to improve our algorithms with modern filtering methods, the priority will be increasing the TP and decreasing the FP rates. Also, the ideal candidate should have a good grasp of the evaluation metrics. The Data Science Intern will develop dashboard and reporting tools that will enhance our understanding of raw data and exception processing.
This is a Forge /ENSCO initiative all candidates that apply must be part of the Forge program.
As a data science intern for ENSCO, you will help build and develop a solution for prediction methodologies and change detection. They hope you can build a reporting service where it will capture the areas of concern from continuous data streamlining and put it into a format such as a dashboard and a document automatically.
This is a high-priority project for ENSCO. From the sea of raw data, they need to find logical results to help clients. Once the summer is over, ENSCO will use those data science reports in their real-world systems.
Qualifications Required (Skills) Currently pursuing a Computer Science major or equivalent with a minimum of 1-year relevant (academic) experience
• Ability to develop on multiple programming languages
• Experience developing software in Python
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good organizational skills
• Must be a participant of the Forge program
Qualifications Desired Java skills are highly recommended.
R and SQL skills are highly recommended
Previous exposure to the continuous data stream for example, for python; pandas, NumPy, sci-kit learn.
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Req ID 3300BR
Internal Position Title Technical Assistant II
Employment Status Intern
U.S. Citizenship No
Background Check Type 7 year
Drug Screen Type None
Export Control and Licensing This position may involve access to technology or technical data that is controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations and the release of which to a foreign national may require an export license from the U.S. Government.
Contract Award Contingency No
Recruiter Judi VanDerWesthuizen
Benefit Highlights • 401(k) Plan with 2.5% dollar-for-dollar company match in first year of employment, and up to 6% company match thereafter
• Holidays Off
• Recognition and reward programs
• Patent awards
• Technical paper awards for presentations and publications
• Recruitment awards
• Length of service awards
• Community service recognition
Division Description ENSCO’s Rail Division is recognized globally as a leading provider of railway infrastructure inspection technology. Our products and services are provided to governments and railways in more than 12 countries on 5 continents. The work ENSCO does helps to prevent train derailments which can have serious impacts on human life, the environment and the economy. ENSCO Rail is part of the greater Surface Transportation Group (STG) within ENSCO, Inc.
Our team of over 150 staff supports leading edge technology projects in many exciting areas such as:
• Sensor systems integration: inertial, positioning (GPS/RFID), laser scanners, imaging (line scan, area scan, thermal), Ultrasonic, ground penetrating radar, LIDAR
• Autonomous deployment of sensors, positioning systems and wireless communications on active rail cars to inspect railways
• Machine vision algorithm development to detect conditions traditionally inspected by humans
• Enterprise web-based data management systems to display, report and conduct big data analytics
ENSCO’s Rail Division offers an exciting place to work and grow with many key benefits for technical staff including:
• “Innovation Fridays” where staff are given time to create and experiment with new process and technology in their field.
• Involvement in all levels of the design and development process where significant experience is gained that otherwise would not be available at larger companies which typically require many years before giving employees the chance to work on serious engineering tasks.
• Direct exposure to customer management, financial management and business development.
We provide an exciting, collaborative, multi-discipline environment with staff from diverse technical and cultural backgrounds working together to make the world a safer place. Come join a stable and growing company and experience the reward of seeing the results of your work!
Strength in Diversity ENSCO, Inc. and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.