Intern - Machine Learning

At Orbia, purpose is what draws us together and drives us every single day. Everywhere we are, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges.  

This is where your abilities can be developed. Where your ambitions can be realized. Where you can own your part in our transformation. Where you can find a diverse, global community of teammates who are making a difference with you. And where you’ll be taken care of as you take care of bringing purpose to life. 

MAIN PURPOSE

• Adapt (or create) machine learning tools to predict battery performance and identify battery material characteristics
• Use in-house available data to train the model and test effectiveness
• Organize available data to be processed by ML tools
• Summarize results in technical reports

DIMENSIONS OF JOB

• Office work for model development, data analysis, and summarize results and discuss with technical team

COMPLEXITY OF THE JOB

• Data analysis
• Interfacing with chemists
• Learn sufficient information about data and testing protocols to be effective in model development

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create or adapt machine learning tools to predict battery performance and identify material characteristics
• Generate easy to use ML models for future use by non-ML trained chemists and engineers
• Be able to quickly get up to speed on battery working, battery testing and material characteristics relevant to the specific ML problems
• Be savvy about understanding and cleaning the data, and limitations on future use and predictability of the ML models generated
• Have a sense for the significance of model performance metrics and how they relate to real world performance

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Analysis and Machine Learning

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Knowledge of ML techniques
• Building pipelines and easy to use systems for non-ML audiences

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Experience in basic lab processes and techniques
• Preferred some experience with analytical instruments
• MS Word, MS Excel

LANGUAGES REQUIRED

Language: English

LOCATION:

Hybrid – This position is based out of our Waltham, MA location. The successful candidate will be expected to be at the Waltham, MA office several days per week, with interactions with Madison, WI lab team and possible travel to Madison, WI facility during the internship.

If you are excited about this role and your experience and competencies somewhat align with the qualification in the posting, we encourage you to apply. Everywhere you are, you bring your unique skills, talents and perspective to moving your career, the company, people and the planet forward. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! 

We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives. We are dedicated to building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that supports the needs of all our employees regardless of their role, location, identity and background. 

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what working at Orbia is all about.

Orbia is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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