Data Science at TRACTIAN
The Data Science team at TRACTIAN focuses on extracting valuable insights from vast amounts of industrial data. Using advanced statistical methods, algorithms, and data visualization techniques, this team transforms raw data into actionable intelligence that drives decision-making across engineering, product development, and operational strategies. The team constantly works on optimizing prediction models, identifying trends, and providing data-driven solutions that directly enhance the company’s operational efficiency and the quality of its products.
What you'll do
As an Optimization Data Scientist at TRACTIAN, you will be essential in advancing our platform by developing and deploying sophisticated optimization algorithms that solve real-world industrial challenges. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure these solutions are robust, efficient, and seamlessly integrated, driving substantial value for our clients in predictive maintenance and asset management.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement advanced optimization algorithms for deployment in real-time systems within TracOS.
- Develop and apply methods such as linear programming, simplex, branch and bound, gradient descent, and other optimization techniques.
- Work closely with engineering and data teams to integrate optimization models into production, ensuring smooth operation and high reliability.
- Monitor algorithm performance continuously and adjust models to enhance effectiveness and accuracy.
- Collaborate with product teams to identify client needs and customize optimization solutions accordingly.
- Document optimization processes and models, providing guidelines and insights for future improvements and scaling.
Requirements
- Proven experience implementing optimization algorithms in production settings, with a preference for industrial or asset management applications.
- Strong expertise in linear programming, including the application of simplex and other optimization methods.
- Solid knowledge of gradient descent, branch and bound, and other algorithmic optimization techniques.
- Proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience in libraries such as SciPy, NumPy, or similar tools for optimization.
- Familiarity with maintenance planning processes and predictive maintenance principles is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Top Skills
What We Do
Tractian is a machine intelligence company that offers industrial monitoring systems. Tractian builds streamlined hardware-software solutions to give maintenance technicians and industrial decision-makers comprehensive oversight of their operations. It is democratizing access to sophisticated real-time monitoring and asset operations tools.
Tractian's solutions are used in environments that address a combined total of 5% of global industrial output. The company’s broad market reach is evidenced in its customer base from various industries, such as John Deere, Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, Goodyear, Carrier, Johnson Controls, and Bimbo, the owner of the brands Little Bites and Thomas Bagels. Tractian's customers see a 6-12x ROI with savings of $6,000 per monitored machine annually on average.
In a major milestone and a first for the industry, Tractian launched the AI-Assisted Maintenance category in the industrial sector. In this new paradigm, artificial intelligence identifies machine problems and suggests preventive actions to be taken, giving invaluable insight and support to maintenance professionals. It is important to highlight that the intent of Assisted Maintenance is firmly rooted in augmenting maintenance professionals to provide more assertive diagnosis with human-in-the-loop feedback.
Tractian's mission is to elevate this category of workers in a highly impactful way. The Assisted Maintenance category will provide unimaginable support for maintenance professionals. By combining shop floor expertise with our technology, maintainers will be able to anticipate and address issues with unprecedented accuracy and speed
