Data Science Engineer

Job Description For Vacancy No: 227765L Consultant: Lewis Cross Company Profile: Our Client is a specialist within the development of powertrain systems with internal combustion engines as well as instrumentation and test systems. Job Location: Essex Job Position: Data Science Engineer Department: Software / Hardware Development Job Status: Permanent Qualifications: Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science or Information Technology with great mathematical and statistical competences Experience: Essential: Some relevant professional working experience Understanding and advanced-level in current state-of-the-art Big Data tools from data warehouse (e.g. Hadoop, MySQL), analytics (e.g. Spark or R) to visualisation (e.g. Tableau) Experience in implementation and tool development for Big Data for various industries, applications or use cases Strong programming skills in C#, Python and Matlab Self-directed and independent Professional presentation skills Preferable: Automotive domain knowledge Experience in telematics, data acquisition systems and communication protocols Previous experience in an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) company Cloud computing or high performance computing experience Responsibilities: Identify the state-of-the-art toolchain most suitable for the automotive industry in particular in the context of Connected Vehicles and the Internet of Things Build the integrated solution and infrastructure to enable development of algorithms for analytics and visualisation of Big Data for the above mentioned applications For the selected infrastructure and toolchain, provide a suitable development platform and training for colleagues who would be exploring techniques and algorithms for real world automotive applications Understand inter-department and intra-affiliate synergies on data related projects Keeping up to date with new trends and tools in Data Science arena Salary/Rate: £30,000 - £40,000