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[Yonatan Bisk <bisk1 AT illinois.edu>]

Ian, formerly of Vision lab fame, asked to have the following job posting shared.

- Yonatan -

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Endres, Ian <ian.endres AT here.com>

HERE (the location and mapping division of Nokia) has several full time research positions open in Chicago. 

Any interested can contact me at ian.endres AT here.com.

Thanks!

--Ian

Job Description 

Sr Research Engineer-1400029331

Description

 HERE is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to join our Research team. The candidate will be expected to work as a software engineer and a quantitative researcher. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in mobility services and have a passion for finding innovative mechanisms for investigating large data sets with the goal of understanding the needs and expectations of a mobile population.
The candidate must be able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment focused on innovation and be able to learn and integrate complementary technologies outside their specific area of expertise. The candidate will have exceptional communication skills for communicating their scientific approach to product managers and engineers and serve as a technical resource to others.

RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Use appropriate statistical techniques on available data to deliver insights to product teams
•    Communicate findings to product managers and engineers
•    Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
•    Analyze and interpret the results of product experiments
•    Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams

Qualifications

 ​•    M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technical field, or 4+ years experience in a relevant role
•    Proven success in solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
•    Comfortable manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
•    A strong passion for empirical research
•    A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
•    Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
•    Fluency with at least one scripting language such as Python or PHP
•    Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
•    Experience with machine learning solutions and pattern recognition techniques
•    Strong math background
•    Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
•    Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
•    Proven ability to quickly prototype in languages like C++ or Java
•    Ability to design efficient algorithms for accessing and analyzing large amounts of data

https://here.taleo.net/careersection/01/jobdetail.ftl?job=29660&lang=en&sns_id=linkedin