Data Scientist

Description

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The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) seeks a Data Scientist-Model Developer to research, design, implement, adapt, and maintain models of travel behavior and transportation systems in various platforms.

The Data Scientist–Model Developer will join a team at the forefront of advancing the state of the practice in transportation modeling, designing, building, and maintaining critical tools that support transportation planning across the Boston Region and Massachusetts. In this role, you will have the opportunity to apply innovative modeling techniques, including exploratory modeling, to address complex transportation challenges and inform key decisions. If you are driven to produce quality work, passionate about the power of models, and committed to ensuring stakeholders understand and utilize these tools effectively, we encourage you to apply. Responsibilities --------------------

• Develop, update, and refine model input data in spatial data formats.
• Contribute as a key team member on the development and maintenance of custom software applications to support transportation modeling.
• Perform research and participate in the development of modeling features related to emerging transportation technologies, transformative modes, and shared mobilities.
• Ensure that transportation modeling tools and analytical capabilities are credible and effective for policy analysis; participate in quality assurance and quality control processes.
• Work collaboratively to advance the state of the practice for transportation tools at the agency.
• Work from functional specifications and requirements produced by transportation modelers and translate those into efficient, flexible scripts with error handling, testability, and user-centered features.

Qualifications

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While the following sections describe required and desirable qualifications, candidates who believe that their particular experie