Data Science Intern

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Position Summary

Intern positions are available at NASA Ames Research Center to participate in the development of an risk assessment framework using aviation safety data. Time commitment is negotiable. Masters through early PhD.

The opportunity is focused on developing data-mining and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to extract and analyze safety-critical information from aviation accident and incident reports. The project will leverage existing machine learning tools to process reports from the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) databases and identify safety events contributing factors causal relationships and recurring patterns. The intern will support the development of an automated data-mining pipeline for extracting and organizing this information and will analyze the resulting data to identify factor combinations event frequencies and trends across aviation safety reports. The extracted information will then be translated into quantitative risk inputs including event likelihoods and conditional probabilities to support the development of data-driven probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) models. The resulting methods and tools are intended to improve the use of historical aviation safety data for identifying emerging risks and supporting quantitative aviation safety assessment and decision-making.

Required:

• Strong Python programming language skills
• Background in Bayesian networks graph structure probability and statistics.

Desired:

• Experience with large datasets
• Interest in researching and developing methods for data analysis fault mode and effect analysis (FMEA).
• Good software engineering skills (design of unit tests performance profiling and optimization documentation etc)

Basic Compensation:

Jobs on this contract range from$53800.00 - $80700.00 . Pay range is specific to the Chicago IL area.

The offered rate will be based on the position contract affordability the selected candidates working location knowledge skills abilities experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus relocation benefits short-term incentives long-term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

KBR Benefits:

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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