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Contract Student Worker - Data Scientist

Foster City, CA💼 Contract🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop forecasting and scenario-planning capabilities for fleet availability, supply, staffing, operational demand, charging, and infrastructure to support autonomous ridehailing scaling.

Role type

Contract Student Data Scientist (Forecasting)

Builds

Data-driven operational forecasts and decision-support tools for autonomous vehicle fleet scaling

Domain

Autonomous transportation / Fleet Operations

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

statistical modeling, machine learning, scenario planning, model evaluation, optimization, simulation, AI-enabled tools, LLMs, coding copilots, APIs, agent frameworks

Preferred skills

forecasting, explainability, uncertainty quantification, human oversight

Technologies

LLMs, coding copilots, APIs, agent frameworks

Responsibilities

Develop forecasting models for fleet availability, supply hours, staffing, operational workload, charging demand, and infrastructure needs; Convert spreadsheet-based planning processes into reproducible, scalable, and well-documented analytical workflows; Evaluate model performance through backtesting, forecast-versus-actual reporting, and clearly defined accuracy measures; Build scenario models that help leaders understand the staffing, cost, and infrastructure implications of operational changes and market growth

Seniority

Student (Contract)

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