Data Scientist

Founded in 1968, **SKAN** is a pioneer in cleanroom equipment and the development of isolators for the pharmaceutical industry. Innovative products, tailor-made solutions and an effective service organisation have made SKAN a market leader and a key partner to industry and research laboratories.

In this role, you should be highly analytical with a knack for coding, analysis, math, and statistics. You should be comfortable with in data visualization and programming and organization of data. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential for interpreting data. Capability to work in a diverse environment from assembly hall to microbial lab will be expected. We also want to see a passion for machine-learning and research.
Your goal will be to help our research analyze trends in big data sets coming from experiments with multiple sensor setups to make better conclusions and decisions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes
- Organize and manage the research team database
- Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
- Analyze large amounts of data to discover trends and patterns
- Build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
- Combine models through ensemble modeling
- Present information using data visualization techniques
- Propose solutions and strategies to research challenges
- Collaborate with our product development team

Hardskills
- MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field; graduate degree in Data Science or another quantitative field is preferred
- Proven experience as a Data Scientist
- Experience in data mining
- Understanding of machine-learning and operations research
- Knowledge of R, SQL and Python; familiarity with JSL, Scala, Java or C++ is an asset
- Business fluent in English, knowledge of German is an advantage

Softskills
- Analytical mind
- Strong math skills (e.g., statistics, algebra)
- Problem-solving attitude
- Excellent communication and presentation skills

We offer you
- An open and collegial corporate culture
- Freedom for ideas
- Participation in sports and leisure activities
- Promotion through further training, especially at our SKAN Academy
- Intensive and job-oriented introduction
- Short decision-making paths and flat hierarchies
- Open communication policy
- 5 weeks holidays and the possibility of further holidays

For questions please contact Joel Streit