Data Scientist Intern – Summer 2024 (Canada)
Do you like a challenge, are you a complex thinker who likes to solve problems? If so, then you might be the new Altairian we are searching for. At Altair, your curiosity matters. We pride ourselves on a business culture that enables open, creative thinking, and we deeply value our employees and their contributions towards our clients’ success, as well as our own.
Job Summary
The goal of the data scientist is to provide impactful analytics for clients using available data. The data scientist works alongside project managers, ETL professionals, relationship managers and sales managers to serve a diverse group of clients. The role is client-facing and calls for a mixture of technical, business, and people skills.
Data scientists apply data analysis and statistical techniques to various data sets to develop predictive models and apply other machine learning techniques. As a consultant, they are also critical in the phases prior to modelling: defining the project, hands-on data extraction, and data quality. After modelling, data science consultants are responsible for the presentation and deployment phases and performing the tasks that lead to successful implementation of predictive analytics for our clients.
A Data Scientist intern at Altair will be fully integrated into the Data Science team and will be supervised and provided tasks by one of the senior data scientists.
What You Will Do
Responsible for all aspects of the service delivery process, including but not limited to:
• Requirements capture
• Data preparation and analysis
• Knowledge discovery
• Predictive analysis
• Business analysis and interpretation
• Reporting and scoring
• ROI analysis
• Strategic deployment of analytics
• Provide maximum business value to Altair clients through analytics deployment
• Working in close collaboration with the Data Science team
• Provide a spectrum of custom, rapidly deployable, solutions which include B2B and B2C data-driven decision support capabilities
• Conduct presentations to internal teams when required
Skills And Qualifications
• Strong quantitative background (applied mathematics/statistics, engineering, physics, applied sciences)
• Knowledge of data mining techniques (e.g. decision trees, regression analysis, time series analysis, clustering, association rules, etc.)
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of programming languages and platforms such as Python, R, SAS and/or SQL (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle, DB2) or Matlab
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Be able to work independently as well as in a team environment
How You Will Be Successful
• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “Firsts”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
What We Offer
• Paid Holidays
• Competitive Salary
• Outstanding Work/Life Balance
• Collaborative environment
Why Work With Us
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI).
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation, and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com .