Sr Analytics Engineer

Job description

3168723
Additional Cities

Chicago, Erie or Ft Worth
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

Yes
Business

GE Transportation
Business Segment

Transportation Global Services Organization
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas
Postal Code

60661-3671
Role Summary/Purpose

The Staff Data Scientist will work in a team solving business problems with exploratory data analysis, statistical inference, data mining and machine learning in a commercial technology and consultancy development environment. In this role, you will contribute to the development and deployment of modern machine learning, operational research, semantic analysis, and statistical inference for discovering insights and making recommendations for transportation industry.
Essential Responsibilities

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will be a part of a data science or cross-disciplinary team focused on analytics projects, typically involving large and complex data sets. These teams typically include statisticians, computer scientists, software developers, engineers, product managers, and end users. Potential application areas include remote monitoring and diagnostics of infrastructure, financial risk forecasting, and operations optimization. In this role you will:
• Work with customers to capture analytics and data requirements;
• Work with data engineers on extracting, cleansing, and integrating data from various sources;
• Perform exploratory data analyses for discovering insights or setting development directions;
• Develop, verify, and validate predictive or prescriptive analytics;
• Document and communicate your work and outcomes;
• Work alongside software developers to translate prototype algorithms into products and services;
• Work with functional teams on application of analytics products.
Qualifications/Requirements

Master’s Degree in an STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) plus 3-4 years analytics development for industrial applications in a commercial/industrial setting OR Ph.D. in an STEM major plus 4 year analytics development for industrial applications in a commercial setting.
Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:
Solid knowledge in statistics, applied mathematics, machine learning algorithms
Demonstrated skill in one or more programming/scripting languages (R, Python, SAS, SQL, and etc.)
Demonstrated skill at data extraction, preprocessing, and quality assessment
Demonstrated skill in analyzing the challenges and setting up the problem-solving direction
Demonstrated skill in feature extraction and real-time analytics development and deployment
Demonstrated skill in research ability for the new algorithms and AI technologies
Understanding of transportation or manufacturing industry

Leadership:
Demonstrated skill in summarizing the project achievements
Demonstrated skill in effective and efficient communication with customer and internal team
Demonstrated skill at working in a team setting and planning & executing technical projects

Personal Attributes:
Paying attention to details
Staying on track under ambiguous circumstances
Conscientious about responsibility and accountability
Enthusiastic about new technologies
About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.
Primary Country

United States
Primary State/Province

Illinois
Primary City

Chicago