Virginia Tech · 5 days ago
Data Engineer II
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Responsibilities
Serve as a U.S. crash data technical expert for the institute, analyzing and interpreting crash data to support traffic safety-related research.
Develop research questions, propose strategies, develop efficient code, and prepare various research outputs for sponsors.
Lead the preparation of research outputs including progress reports, flowcharts, work plans, and presentations.
Examine the feasibility of approaches, develop algorithms, and suggest validation strategies.
Manage a broad project portfolio in an unstructured environment and oversee project schedule, budgets, and deliverables.
Qualification
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Required
Graduate degree in related field, such as engineering, epidemiology, computer science, business information technology, mathematics, or statistics. In lieu of an advanced degree significant work experience and capabilities in high performance computing or transportation research will be considered.
Proficiency with relational database programming such as SQL
Experience with scientific computing packages such as Python, R, SAS and MATLAB.
Ability to develop algorithms using written, documented, concise, and reliable code to perform various analysis tasks and subtasks of larger analyses.
Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
Ability to manage a broad project portfolio in an unstructured environment.
Supervisory and project management experience; Ability to lead project teams and oversee project schedule, budgets, and deliverables.
Experience in preparing and delivering comprehensive presentations and reports suitable for all levels of management.
Creative, independent, and highly motivated, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong work habits and the ability to work independently as well as with a team.
Preferred
Experience doing large-scale data analysis work using different data sets.
Experience conducting analysis of traffic crash data using SAS, for FARS, NASS-GES, NASS-CDS, CRSS, and CISS.
Comprehensive knowledge of traffic crash data collection practices, analysis methods, and appropriate interpretation of results.
Company
Virginia Tech
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H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$23.51MKey Investors
Appalachian Regional CommissionUS Department of EnergyVirginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
2024-02-15Grant· $0.45M
2023-09-21Grant· $2M
2023-07-27Grant· Undisclosed
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