Sr Data Scientist

HERE Technologies•Chicago, IL

8d•$104,600 - $149,000

About The Position

Our team has partnered closely with customers to build a robust quality measurement system for HD maps, ensuring both safety and availability in automated driving. Through multi-step review processes, we generate independent reference data for map features and attributes, guaranteeing high data integrity. This system not only evaluates map content quality against agreed KPIs but also quantifies the reliability and uncertainty of these measurements, providing timely feedback that supports critical use cases. As a Senior Data Scientist within the Quality and Business Planning team, you are passionate about delivering quality products. This involves deploying statistical and analytic methods, measurements, and machine learning models to measure and impact the quality of our map products. You are responsible for developing sampling and test designs, data and computing workflows, and analytics centered on Map and Location quality requirements.

Requirements

Master's or PhD degree required. Degree in statistics, mathematics, computer sciences, natural sciences, econometrics, or related fields.
5+ years of related work experience
Team player with good communication, presentation, and people skills
Proficiency and understanding of sampling methods and experimental design
Proficiency of machine learning and modeling techniques, including analytic methods such as regression, classifiers, clustering, association rules, decision trees, etc.
Proficiency with analysis and programming in Python and SQL, or similar packages (R, Matlab, SAS, etc.)
Knowledge and experience with using GIS tools for spatial data analysis
Experience with understanding, specifying and explaining measurement and analytic systems with other teams of data scientists and engineers to execute projects delivering those solutions.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of tools for working with big data in Hadoop or Spark for data extraction and preparation for analysis will be a plus
Knowledge and experience in Quality management, End-to-End quality test strategy and Six Sigma will be a plus

Responsibilities

Be a subject matter expert on statistical and experimental design methods for Map and Location quality testing processes
Interpret project objectives and requirements, create enabling data science solutions and produce impactful outcomes
Develop sampling plans for data collection, quality evaluation, and the production of training data, along with technical estimators for the evaluation of map quality, and A/B experiments to validate optimization and solution approaches
Build and test statistical and machine learning models to support improvement of a wide variety of data-driven processes for map making
Design and develop data and computing tools to enable processing of quality testing data and results
Work with map and location experts, engineering teams, and other teams across the company to enable high-quality map products