BrightDrop - Data Scientist – Delivery Intelligence Group

Description

At BrightDrop, we are reshaping e-commerce by developing smarter, greener, and more efficient ways to deliver goods and services to your door, while delivering a brighter future for the cities where we live. We are building an ecosystem of all-electric, zero-emissions delivery solutions – from electric vehicles, to ePallets and software that leverages real-time data to drive intelligent optimizations for e-commerce. To deliver on our mission we are growing fast and building a team, based in Palo Alto, with offices in Atlanta and Detroit, that is customer-focused, agile and passionate about innovating for a more sustainable future.

From engineering to product management and operations, BrightDrop is looking for people who can combine a passion for technology and sustainability with high doses of curiosity and rigorous thinking to deliver a better future.

Backed by General Motors, BrightDrop is striving to improve the communities where we live and deliver a better future for generations to come. We hope you'll join us.

As a Data Scientist in the Delivery Intelligence Group, you will generate timely, actionable insights for our customers across the last-mile delivery sector through retrospective analysis of fleet telemetry data as well as prospective analysis of output from BrightDrop's simulation and optimization toolset. You will analyze and evaluate algorithms that optimize last-mile logistics for manually driven and autonomous fleets, in an increasingly on- demand context.

Responsibilites

Use data processing pipeline systems to implement workflows that enable rapid and flexible insight generation and model development at scale

Work with hardware, software, and analytics teams to characterize existing fleets in terms of vehicle performance, business strategy, human behavior, and other dimensions

Generate visually stunning, highly intelligible, information dense data visualizations for internal and external consumption

Present results of analyses to technical team members, product team, senior management, and other stakeholders

Develop robust models of fleet behavior for use in simulation, prediction, and optimization using statistical learning methods

Assist in the evaluation of novel algorithmic approaches to optimize last- mile, on-demand delivery logistics including advanced energy management and grid-integration of flexible loads

Work with the Product team to define and innovate the deployment of more efficient, on-demand, electrified goods delivery systems

Engage with cross functional teams to find opportunities to create unique, data-driven products that drive long-term engagement with our software

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, data science, engineering, or related quantitative field

1+ years of industry experience developing and deploying data-driven insights in transportation mobility systems, gaming, scientific simulation, product R&D, or related field

Track record developing innovating solutions to solve complex logistical problems at scale

Deep experience with Python, Jupyter, SciKi Learn, and associated tools for statistical and machine learning

Experience working in teams using agile software development methodologies together with distributed version control systems (e.g., git)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using big data analytics and workflow orchestration tools at scale (e.g. Databricks, DBT, UbiOps, Luigi, Airflow, Spark, etc.)

Experience with A/B testing of data-driven, customer facing products

Domain knowledge in delivery, transportation, and energy systems, graph algorithms, convex optimization, and/or reinforcement learning

Experience designing backend data pipelines (framework selection, DAG design, etc.)

Self-driven with a passion for transportation decarbonization

Adherence to clean code principles

Additional Description

The expected base compensation for this role is: ($85,400 - $136,500 USD Annual). Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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