Data Science Intern

4 weeks ago

Alexandria, United States Applied Research Associates Full time

Description

The Mission, Concepts and Capabilities (MCC) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding Data Science Intern opportunity for a full-time student who is looking to gain meaningful work experience in the field of data science. The qualified intern will be part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers developing innovative learning tools and training materials for weapons effects applications using the Jupyter ecosystem and Python.

The candidate will develop new interactive training aids and materials, including dashboards, notebooks, applets, and interactive visualizations, designed to support enhanced learning and transform legacy training materials into the 21 st century. Development will primarily utilize the Jupyter ecosystem (e.g., Jupyter Notebooks, Jupyter Lab, Jupyter Books, etc.) and Python. The candidate will new prototype new solutions to augment existing training materials and datasets using state-of-the-art visualization libraries and tools.

Some tools and visualizations libraries the candidate may use include:

  • Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Lab, Jupyter Books, Binder, Voila, iPyWidgets

  • Plotly, Matplotlib, Bokeh, Seaborn, Pandas, NumPy, Julia

  • PyVista, HoloViews, Panel, Bqplot

As an ARA intern, you will have opportunities for career advancement and continued learning outside of your primary job functions. ARA interns participate in teambuilding activities, attend technical brownbag presentations, and gain experience working in a professional office environment. Each ARA intern will prepare and present a technical briefing overviewing their work to the ARA technical staff at the conclusion of their internship.

This position is in-person and will last for approximately 12 weeks. Please note that ARA does not provide housing assistance or relocation stipends.

Required Qualifications:

  • Ability to program in Python

  • Eagerness to learn new tools and techniques

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance

  • Must be a currently enrolled, full-time student in a Bachelor’s Degree program or above in Data Science, Computational Science, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or related field at an accredited university

Desired Experience:

  • Experience using the Jupyter ecosystem (e.g., Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Lab, Jupyter Books, etc.)

  • Familiarity with interactive visualizations in Python using tools such as Matplotlib, Plotly, Seaborn, Pandas, Bokeh, and Panel

  • Entering final year of study

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com .

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Data Science Intern position.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Required

  • Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

  • Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking

  • Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

  • Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

  • Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Required

  • Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

  • Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility

  • Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

  • Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Preferred

  • Bachelors or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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