Research Associate - London, United Kingdom - University of Essex

University of Essex

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London, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The University of Essex in partnership with Pole Star Space Applications Limited offers an exciting opportunity to a graduate with the relevant skills and knowledge to use data science methods to develop an online real-time forecasting algorithm for the location of vessels for a maritime technology company.

The challenge of detecting and forecasting the location of any vessel has not yet been solved by our industry.

This project will have an invaluable impact to the global environment by being able to identify those vessels that engage in unlawful and non-ethical activities.

This post is fixed term for 33 months and is based at Pole Star Space Applications Limited offices in London, from which you will have the opportunity to work with both domestic and international teams.

We have a hybrid working set up so your time can be split between our new offices in Shepherds Bush and working from home.

Duties of the Post:

The main duties of the post will include:

Use the latest predictive models and data imputation methods in order to deal with a wide range of missing data, such as interpolation and optimisation approaches.
Create accurate vessel prediction algorithms using statistical modelling and analysis, and leading their training and testing.
Work with our team of Software Engineers and Software Architects to successfully integrate a range of different data sources into a single platform, as well as the developed algorithms.
Communicate high level technical concepts to nonspecialists when giving presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
Effectively manage the project.
Supervise MSc students and later in the project, the Data Team.
Work collegiately across the US technical teams.
Effectively document and hand over approaches, techniques, and models to our Data and Software teams.
Present the project outputs in workshops or conferences, if required.
Write up manuscripts which are suitable for academic publications

These duties are a guide to the work that the post holder will initially be required to undertake. They may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances.

BENEFITS:

As a KTP Associate, the post will offer the following benefits:

A personal development budget of £5,500 (exclusive of salary).
Management training and mentoring by an Innovate UK KTP Adviser.
An interesting and challenging role, with exposure to a variety of stakeholders.
Full access to university resources to complete the project.
Worldleading Academic and Company project supervision, with project support by a dedicated, sector leading KTP Office.
Hybrid working policy, time in office/from home is to be agreed with your manager.