We’re a leader in the pet care industry, which means we’re not only ahead in volume, profit and market share, but our associates dare to Stand Taller. We innovate new products, impart new agilities into existing processes, constantly advance pet nutrition, and always pay it forward in the form of service for our communities and families. Are you up for the dare?
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Position Summary
We’re working on innovative foods and formulas that rival healthcare, pharma, human food, and tech companies around the world—foods and formulas that can extend the lives and cognitive function in maturing dogs and cats. We’re developing ways to improve the vision of cats and minimize pet allergies through quality nutrition. We were the first ever to extrude dry dog food and we’re backed by a lengthy list of patents—a portfolio of industry firsts.
One priority mission of Purina is to utilize advanced technologies to increase our understanding of the biological processes that modulate health span and lifespan in dogs and cats and eventually design nutrition intervention that will promote a healthier and longer life.
Purina is seeking a computational scientist who will be part of transversal team investigating how biological and external factors affect pet health span using a system biology approach based on integrated data from omics technology platforms including, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and microbiome. Multi-omics approach will lead to the development of accurate pet health span profiles and models that will allow the identification of the key physiological processes that may be targeted by nutrition and non-nutrition solutions to promote health span.
Collaborate with subject matter experts, analyze, and model data, develop algorithms (AI/ML/DL/NN) that translate a pet’s unique data into meaningful, actionable insights
Consult with scientists from different areas in the design and analysis of experiments
Utilize a diverse array of technologies and tools to deliver insights, such as R, SAS, Python, Spark, Hadoop, Google analytics, etc. in the development of these algorithms.
Keep current in the latest analytical methods and lead analytical method development and programming to address study requirements
Perform appropriate analytical modeling and/or analysis of project data, interpreting results and preparing summaries and reports
Perform exploratory analyses of data as requested to explore for patterns and trends from past studies
Propose, develop, and implement innovative concepts based on data and ongoing research strategies
Present key insights from data to various audiences including senior leadership, to support actionable next steps
Keep current in field and maintain a high level of expertise
Actively acts as a consulting expert within Nestlé Purina in area of technical expertise
Mentoring and guidance as required for assigned projects
Supervision required should be minimal
Practice safety in the work area
Travel as necessary
Requirements:
PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Biophysics, or related fields is required
1 year experience extracting, cleaning, preparing, and modeling data (command-line scripting, data structures) is required
5 years minimum experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning and/or neural networks is a plus
Experience in statistical programming and programming languages (R, Python) is preferred
Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS and Azure is preferred
Proficiency in SQL (HANA/Azure) to execute basic data engineering activities is preferred
Requisition ID
164015
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