Applied Data Science Intern

Company Description

We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the Vegetables & Flowers Seeds Development team is currently seeking a Applied Data Science Intern, located in Durham, NC.

• Competitive wages (hourly salary range of $21-$40 per hour)
• Ongoing career development resources   
• The opportunity to work on meaningful, innovative projects that solve problems 
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs

Job Location: Hybrid to Research Triangle Park, NC

Job Description

You will:

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders and contribute to the development of code within the AGS team
• Build predictive machine learning/deep learning models for vegetable crops
• Query public and internal databases for modeling purposes

Accountabilities

• Calibrate and validate machine learning/deep learning models for vegetable crops
• Implement predictive machine learning/deep learning models to analyze and interpret data to improve Syngenta’s current predictive pipeline
• Maintain clear and comprehensive pipeline documentation to ensure code maintainability and knowledge transfer within the team

Qualifications

Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities

Critical Knowledge

• Currently enrolled in PhD or MSc  programs (in a U.S. university) in Quantitative Genetics, Data Science, Statistical Genetics, or related field
• Computational skills and experience using programming languages and analytical toolkits

Critical Experience

• Advanced data fluency and excellent command of open-source programming languages (Python and/or R)
• Demonstrated skills in analysis and visualization of large, diverse and complex datasets

Desirable Experience

• Theoretical knowledge and practical experience with regression methods and machine learning/deep learning techniques and algorithms
• Experience of building predictive models using AWS SageMaker
• Fluency with query languages, data wrangling, determining best algorithms/model, accessing APIs and leveraging advanced data and analytical capabilities

Critical Technical, Professional and Personal Capabilities

• Strong communication skills, and ability to distill complex concepts and deliver clear messages to non-expert audience
• Demonstrated creativity in problem solving and ability to drive innovation
• Strong initiative and data oriented mindset
• Ability to collaborate effectively- learning from team and other scientists and sharing knowledge

Additional Information

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