GEOSPATIAL DATA AND INFORMATION SCIENCE INTERN

DO YOU LOVE DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY, BIG BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, SPACE, BIG DATA ANALYTICS, COMPUTER VISION OR AI? WE DO! AT SLINGSHOT, WE ARE CHARTING THE INTERSECTION OF GIS, REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY, MACHINE LEARNING, AND BIG DATA TECHNOLOGY!

SLINGSHOT EMPLOYS TEAM MEMBERS FROM A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING FIELDS. WE ARE A SMALL TEAM WITH PLANS FOR RAPID GROWTH. WE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO FILL A NEW POSITION AS A GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE INTERN IN THE LOS ANGELES FACILITY. YOU WILL BE IN AN INTERNSHIP POSITION PERFORMING THE EXPLORATION AND APPLICATION OF ANY DATA AND APPROACH THAT WILL HELP US BUILD SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS), SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS, SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING AND MATHEMATICS. RESEARCH BACKGROUND IN REMOTE SENSING, COMPUTER VISION AND MACHINE LEARNING ARE A PLUS.

SLINGSHOT’S INTERNS WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS THAT BRING TOGETHER SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS AND SLINGSHOT'S UNIQUE CAPABILITIES TO

INTERNS WILL WORK IN AN AGILE TEAM ENVIRONMENT DIRECTLY PARTNERED WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER, DATA ARCHITECTS, SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, AND BUSINESS ANALYSTS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLINGSHOT’S DATA PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR DELIVERY OF USER-SPECIFIC PRODUCTS.

THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR TALENTED AND HARD-WORKING STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE NEXT-GEN GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS TO GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING NEXT TO TOP-RATED DEVELOPERS AND WORLD CLASS MENTORS.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• RESEARCH AND MODEL REAL WORLD SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIOR BASED ON ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS
• HELP DEVELOP (LARGE-SCALE) SIMULATIONS TO ASSESS A NEW PRODUCT’S COMPLEXITY, YIELD, AND FEASIBILITY
• CONCEIVE OF AND IMPLEMENT EXPERIMENTS TO TEST HYPOTHESES REGARDING (STATISTICAL) BEHAVIOR OF DATA/MODELS/PRODUCTS
• HELP DEVELOP TRAINING AND CROSS­-VALIDATION DATA SETS FOR MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
• TRANSLATE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, AND BUSINESS CONSTRAINTS AND QUERIES INTO TRACTABLE DATA SCIENCE QUESTIONS
• ITERATE RAPIDLY ON EVERYTHING; ALL OF THE ABOVE HAPPENS IN A RELATIVELY FAST PACED BUSINESS DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT, YOU MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
• DEVELOP AND EVANGELIZE OUR DATA SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE BASE
• ASSIST IN BUSINESS PLANS/MODELS FOR NEW SERVICES

JOB REQUIREMENTS (UNLESS YOU CONVINCE US OTHERWISE):

• EXCELLENT CRITICAL THINKING CAPABILITIES
• MASTER'S DEGREE, OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE IN GIS, DATA SCIENCE, STATISTICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ECONOMICS OR FIELDS WITH HEAVY FOCUS ON THESE DISCIPLINES.
• DEMONSTRABLE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH LARGE AND NOISY DATASETS.
• SUPERB COMMUNICATION SKILLS. YOU’LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF AND YOUR METHODS BOTH WITHIN THE COMPANY.
• EXCELLENT DATA ANALYSIS & VISUALIZATION SKILLS IN PYTHON
• STRONG UNIX/LINUX SKILLS
• MUST BE AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE U.S.

YOUR COMMITMENT:

• FULL TIME INTERNSHIP (SUMMER 2018)

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE, LET US KNOW. TELL US WHAT EXCITES YOU AND WHY YOU WOULD BE A GOOD FIT. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!