<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;text-indent:0in" align="left"><span style="color: black;">FirstFuel Software
is the energy intelligence company that helps Utilities engage their commercial
customers and rapidly achieve energy efficiency across commercial building
portfolios. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Founded in 2010 and
privately held, FirstFuel is headquartered in Waltham, MA. For more information
please visit <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><a href="http://firstfuel.com/">firstfuel.com</a></b>. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;" align="left"><span style="color: black;">The Staff Scientist
will join a top-flight R&D team with decades of deep academic and industry
experience. As part of an industry-leading Venture-backed startup on a rapid
growth path, s/he will be expected to juggle multiple responsibilities. For
example, s/he will be equally comfortable both in developing state of the art
statistical and Machine Learning models as well as deploying them using the best
practices of software engineering as applied to a scalable, secure, cloud-based
architecture. S/he must have the ability to switch contexts rapidly between
rapid Research prototyping and bulletproof testing and deployment. Finally,
s/he will be expected to be both a self-starter and the consummate team player.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;" align="left"><span style="color: black;">Main responsibilities
include: contributing to the development of the core analytic solutions;
handling industrial-size data sets in various states of cleanliness and bring
them to the point of model building; pattern recognition and capture via
variable creation and selection; experimentation with algorithms; automation
and scaling of model building process; deploying and monitoring model performance;
designing of <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>metrics;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>and support the Engineering, Building
Management and Business Development teams.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;" align="left"><span style="color: black;">Work will require
effective cooperation with local and global teams. This position is not
expected to involve significant (greater than 15%) travel. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;" align="left"><br><span style="color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;text-indent:0in" align="left"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Qualifications</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><br>
Required:</span></p>



<ul><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Advanced degree
(MS/PhD) in a quantitative field e.g., Operations Research, Computer Science,
Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Econometrics, etc.</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Must have delivered
modeling code in Matlab®.</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Strong programming
skills with extensive experience with at least one Object Oriented language
like Java. Must have coded extensively and be prepared to demonstrate examples.</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Must have developed
and deployed advanced algorithms and /or statistical models.</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Deep knowledge of
analytic methodologies (linear & nonlinear regression, signal processing, simulation,
optimization, neural networks, etc.).</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Passion for energy
and clean technologies.</span></li></ul>





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text-align:left;text-indent:0in" align="left"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Preferred:</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"></span></p>

<ul><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Developed models in one or more
Statistical packages like SAS<span style="color:black">®</span>, SPSS<span style="color:black">®</span>, R, RATS<span style="color:black">®</span>, Stata<span style="color:black">®</span>.</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Proficiency in one
or more of Unix shell scripting, Perl, C++, Python.</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Cloud platform
programming experience (e.g., Amazon Web Services).</span></li><li><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Work experience in
a startup or small technology driven company.</span></li></ul>



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text-align:left;text-indent:0in" align="left"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Contact:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black"><br>
To apply for this position, please send your cover email and CV to </span><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:#0000EE"><a href="mailto:careers@firstfuel.com">careers@firstfuel.com</a></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"></span></p>

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