Duties and Responsibilities:
Research and Develop Innovative Use Cases, Solutions and Quantitative Models in support of Hitachi s cross-industry business needs like Energy, Industry, Mobility, Smart Life, and Information Technology.
Design, Implement and Demonstrate P roof-of-Concept and W orking P roto-types for Hitachi and its clients.
Provide RD s upport to Hitachi business units and group companies to productize research prototypes .
Explore emerging tools, techniques, and technologies , and work with academia for cutting-edge solutions.
Collaborate with c ross-functional teams and eco-system partners for mutual business benefit.
Generate eminence via patents, publications, thought leadership, invited speakerships and conspicuous presence in forums of repute.
Add value to self through continuous learning and knowledge acquisition.
G ive back learnings to colleagues and communities .
Mentor colleagues for growth and success.
Mandatory Requirements:
1. Academic Qualification: Bachelor s degree with STEM background ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Management) with strong quantitative flavo u r .
2. Strong Fundamentals: The candidate is required to build quantitative models from first principles and hence need to have excellent understanding of basics in mathematics and statistics (e.g. , differential equations, linear algebra, matrix, combinatorics, probability, Bayesian statistics, e igen vectors, Markov models, Fourier analysis).
3. Application Domain: The candidate is expected to specialize in any one of the following
Predictive Analytics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Prescriptive Analytics and Mathematical Optimization
Exploratory Analytics and Simulation (Discrete-event, Monte-Carlo)
Computer Vision and Image Processing
Speech and Audio Signal Processing
Natural Language Processing
Multi-Modal Analytics and Sensors
It is required to have hands-on model implementation skills for any one of the above areas using any widely used technology stack (e.g., Python / Tensor Flow / OpenCV / Keras , Apache Spark/Scala/Java, R, SAS, RapidMiner, Azure, SageMaker, Watson)
4. Emerging Trends - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Basic Understanding of working principles of neural networks and underlying algorithms (e.g., convolutional-CNN), recurrent-RNN-LSTM-GRU, back-propagation, loss function, gradient descent); Good understanding of AI to Industrial Automation, Introduction to the emerging technology trends like Additive Manufacturing, Quantum Computing.
5. Data Wrangling and Lifecycle Maintenance : Experience in building and maintaining the pipeline of analytics models, using commonly used methodology (e.g. , Air f low, ML f low )
6. C ommunication : Ability to articulate key messages concisely and precisely
7. Collaboration : Excellent interpersonal and teaming skills
Additional Preference:
1. Advanced Qualification: PhD in any Quantitative Discipline
2. Eminence: Patents, publications, thought leadership, invited speakership and conspicuous presence in refereed platforms or forums of repute.
Keyskills: SAS Image processing Simulation Machine learning Natural language processing Research Sensors Forecasting Analytics Python
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