College Part Time - Associate Data Scientist

Requisition ID: 80848

Florida Power & Light Company is America’s largest electric company, providing clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to more than 12 million people in Florida. We operate one of the cleanest power generation fleets in the U.S. and our reliability is among the best in the nation. Our goal is to achieve Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 by expanding our solar capacity, increasing battery storage and bringing new renewable energy opportunities to Florida, while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in becoming a game-changer in the energy industry? Join our world-class team today!

Position Specific Description

***Individuals must be currently enrolled in a Master's Degree Program and have a cummulative 3.0 GPA in-order to qualify***

You will become a member of a Digital transformation team, leveraging Data Science in automating different tasks of the plant operation such as preventive & predictive maintenance, work scheduling and planning and engineering procedures. This will be performed based on Enterprise and IoT data stored in the cloud. You will contribute to the implementation of a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies in an actual high-end industrial platform to achieve a “smart” and more efficient plant operations

Tasks:

Develop Machine Learning models using state of the art technologies such as Generative AI

Collaborate in the implementation of the Data Science models in Nextera AWS platform

Contribute to the expansion of the IoT technology usage and its integration with Artificial Intelligence

Develop novel approaches based on the latest in the Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision and Time Series Analysis to fulfill business requirements

Collaborate in leveraging artificial intelligence for other technologies such as Robotics, Wearables and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality

Required Skills:

Must be currently enrolled in a Master's Degree Program

Bachelor level in a technology field

Knowledge of the basic concepts of Machine Learning

Programing skills in Python or R with a special focus on machine learning packages such as pandas and sklearn

Experience in Deep Learning platforms such as TensorFlow

Knowledge of SQL language

Capacity and eagerness to learn new technologies

An innovative mindset to challenge norms and devise unique solutions

Good Communication skills

Preferred Skills:

Background in statistics

Experience in AWS cloud technologies

Job Overview

This position is responsible for developing algorithms, modeling techniques, and optimization methods that support many aspects of NextEra and FPL business. Employees in this role use knowledge of machine learning, optimization, statistics, and applied mathematics along with abilities in software engineering with a focus on distributed computing and data storage infrastructure (i.e., “Big Data”).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Develops machine learning, optimization and other modeling solutions

Prepares comprehensive documented observations, analyses and interpretations of results including technical reports, summaries, protocols and quantitative analyses

Works with big data and distributed computing platforms

Develops software and contributes to product development

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Experience: 0+ years

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: College Part Time

Job Category: Science, Research, and Technology

Organization: Florida Power & Light Company

Relocation Provided: No

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