Pre-Doc: Jr. Machine Learning Engineer

Argonne National Laboratory

Lemont, IL

Job posting number: #7136815 (Ref:415424)

Posted: March 28, 2023

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Argonne’s Vehicle and Mobility Systems department (vms.taps.anl.gov) is seeking a pre-doctoral candidate to apply Machine Learning towards the goal of making vehicles more intelligent, and more energy efficient. In this position, the candidate will help build solutions to accelerate vehicle simulation and enable co-simulation with other tools including transportation systems tools.

As a Junior Machine Learning Engineer, you will work closely with our multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers to design, develop, implement and deploy machine learning algorithms and models. Your primary responsibility will be to contribute to the ongoing research and development of machine learning solutions that improve the energy predictions of vehicles on various drive cycles and routes, as well as expand current model capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with the VMS team to identify and define machine learning objectives.

  • Design and implement data processing pipelines to prepare data for machine learning tasks.

  • Develop, test, and refine current machine learning models.

  • Evaluate the performance of developed models and algorithms, iterating to improve their accuracy and efficiency.

  • Collaborate with software engineers to integrate machine learning models into vehicle simulation and transportation systems tools.

  • Stay current with the latest developments in machine learning, deep learning, and related fields to identify potential opportunities for application within the VMS department.

  • Contribute to the preparation of research papers, technical reports, and presentations to share findings and advancements with the scientific community and stakeholders.

Position Requirements

  • MS in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.

  • Experience with machine-learning/deep-learning: model selection, model optimization, model training and validation.

  • Programming experience in Python, and experience with Deep Learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).

  • Experience in data analytics, including data management, signal processing, analysis, and visualization.

  • Experience with data processing and manipulation techniques, as well as experience working with large datasets.

  • A successful candidate must have the ability to model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience or knowledge in vehicle simulation, transportation systems, or energy efficiency.

Job Family

Temporary Family

Job Profile

Predoctoral Appointee

Worker Type

Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Time Type

Full time

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