Are you looking for a new challenge? Passionate about innovation? Want to work for a company that values integrity, teamwork and loyalty?
At LATICRETE International we are driven to be a top ten construction chemical company that still values family, diversity, collaboration and invention. Weve been in business for over 65 years, family owned/operated for three generations and are available in 100 countries. In 2017, The Hartford Business Journal named us one of Connecticuts Top Family Owned Companies!
We don't just make innovative, industry-leading products. We strive to connect with, engage with and improve the lives of our employees, our customers, our partners, and the global communities in which we operate.
We are seeking passionate and ambitious employees who want to make a difference not just within our organization, but within their communities and the world. If that sounds like you, then what are you waiting for? Join the family and expand your horizons!
Just some of our benefits:
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k
Tuition reimbursement
12 paid holidays in addition to paid vacation and sick time
Flexible spending
Life Insurance, AD&D and Supplemental Insurance
Covid-19 Precautions:
At all of our facilities we are taking additional precautions with temperature checks, deep cleaning, testing, and work from home opportunities.
Overview:
Responsible for preparing formulations and conducting testing under the direction of staff member
Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:
Perform physical testing on experimental or standard products as directed by staff member.
Record and report test results in an approved manner.
Knowledgeable with hazards and safety procedures of chemicals used in R&D lab environment.
Maintain absolute security over batching and formula sheets at night, weekends or when not in use. Insure that only authorized personnel have access to formulas.
Maintain a clean and efficiently operating R&D laboratory.
Maintain clean and properly operating testing equipment.
Provide innovative suggestions for improved performance tests and methods. 8. Implement special technical projects as assigned by supervisor.
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Job Specifications/Skills:
2-4 years experience in a research lab or a minimum of 1 year experience in a construction material laboratory is required.
Work exposure to QC and Laboratory environment.
Must be well organized, detail oriented and have strong analytical ability.
Team Cooperation - maintain positive, cooperative, professional attitude with all LATICRETE employees and all customers.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Must be a self-starter and ability to multi-task.
Computer skills: Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook).
Bending and reaching to file. Infrequent ability to lift/move up to minimum of 50 pounds.
Minimum Educational Requirements:
High School Diploma, Associates Degree in Science Preferred
Travel:
10%
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Come join a team of industry and science leaders to achieve a vision of empowering innovation through state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and machine learning. We are addressing exciting challenges for our customers, at the intersection of AI/ML and cutting-edge cloud infrastructure, with NLP being a core area of what we do and what we offer our customers.
What You Would Do:Provide machine learning methodology leadership.
Use AI/ML to solve NLP tasks and hard challenges, primarily for internal projects (i.e. for our product offering) and also for external projects (e.g. for customer projects).
Build state-of-the-art models for cognitive services using various open source and machine learning principles and techniques (including but not limited to Classical Machine Learning, like logistic regression, SVM, NN, Clustering, and Deep Learning, including CNN, RNN, Transformer, Seq2Seq, BERT).
Brainstorm and design various POCs using ML/DL/NLP solutions for new or existing enterprise problems.
Collaborate with fellow data scientists and SW engineers to build out various parts of our AI/ML infrastructure, services, and solutions, and effectively communicate the solutions to address external and internal shareholder's product challenges by presenting to highly technical audiences.
Present effectively, highly technical, and complex solutions and architectures to audiences with limited or no experience in machine learning solutions.
You have deep knowledge and work experience in mathematical and Statistical models like State Estimation techniques, statistical risk analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation, stochastic optimization, and time-series forecasting.
You know how to leverage state-of-the-art cloud technology – AWS, GCP, Azure, Heroku, or similar technology.
You are fluent in building models with Python and state-of-the-art machine learning libraries (e.g. PyTorch , Tensorflow, MxNet), and can leverage Hadoop, HBase, Spark, etc.
You have deep knowledge and experience in mathematical and statistical models, including state estimation techniques, statistical risk analysis, stochastic optimization, and/or time-series forecasting.
Capable of quickly becoming familiar with new approaches to or platforms for Machine Learning and applying these to real-world problems and platforms, in particular in the NLP space.
You have been exploring or working on some of the latest advancements in NLP using deep learning such as Deep Semantic Search, Deep Language Models (e.g. GPT-2 and GPT-3), conversational & cognitive communication technology such as chatbots and virtual assistants.
You are able to work with minimal supervision, keeping a strong alignment with your technical peers, non-technical partners, and the overall company objective.
You are able to positively influence and lead other data scientists (within your team, and with other scientists in the community) on science projects and initiatives.
You enjoy and thrive in a fast-working collaborative environment
Advanced degree (Ph.D. preferred) in computer science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or Mathematics, preferably with specialization in Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing, Operations Research, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in designing and implementing machine learning models at scale, and a track record of deploying them in large-scale production environments.
Experience using ML and DL languages using Python and Java, to manipulate data and draw insights.
Practical experience and deep knowledge in algorithms for Anomaly detection, NLP, NLU, sentiment analysis, Text to Speech, Machine Translation, Recommender Systems, Reinforcement Learning, and other AI approaches.
Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and excellent problem-solving skills.
Experience or willingness to learn and work in Agile and iterative development and DevOps processes.
A deep experience and understanding in Statistics, Mathematical models, Multivariate and DL algorithms are a huge plus.
Experience with Cloud Native Frameworks tools and products
An Impressive portfolio on Kaggle Profile.
An impressive Google Scholar portfolio.
A strong track record in starting or contributing to open source ML platforms, tools, and projects.
Hands-on experience with horizontally scalable data stores such as Hadoop and other NoSQL technologies.
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