Continental Tire the Americas

Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2023, Continental generated sales of €41.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 56 countries and markets.

Tire solutions from the Tires group sector make mobility safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Its premium portfolio encompasses car, truck, bus, two-wheel, and specialty tires as well as smart solutions and services for fleets and tire retailers. Continental delivers top performance for more than 150 years and is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. In fiscal 2023, the Tires group sector generated sales of 14 billion euros. Continental's tire division employs more than 56,000 people worldwide and has 20 production and 16 development sites.

Are you ready to shape the future with us?

Job Description

With its premium portfolio in the car, truck, bus, two-wheel and specialty tire segment, Continental Tires Continental’s digital capabilities are growing every day. Our eCommerce, Fleet Solutions and Data Science Information Technology team creates a wide range of technology solutions for Continental’s Global Sales and Marketing teams – and we want you to join us!

Our team continuously works on the digitalization of our business-to-business processes and end consumer communication, using leading web technologies and a strong focus on data science and artificial intelligence. We run Continental’s global customer relationship management platform, which supports our Sales colleagues in their daily interaction with customers. 

The Data Science Intern will be responsible for the following:

• Help develop a Proof of Concept for the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system at Continental Tire. The CRM system captures and stores sales accounts information and event logs related to those accounts. The event logs include large amounts of unstructured free text records. Customers and salespeople have better opportunities to add thoughts and comments by writing free text not constrained by pre-determined questions or choices. Natural language processing (NLP), the deciphering of text and data by machines, has revolutionized data analytics across all industries.
• Help create prototypes to extract valuable insights and patterns from the unstructured data stored in the CRM system by using NLP’s techniques
• Other responsibilities, as assigned

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

• Competitive pay
• Hands on experience with the team
• Project experience
• Company lunch and learns
• Networking
• And more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!

Qualifications

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Student currently enrolled in a US accredited degree program pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Able to work a minimum of 20+ hours per week during normal business hours (Mon-Fri)
• Minimum junior standing or higher
• Must have and maintain a 2.8 GPA or higher
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Able to come onsite to our Fort Mill, SC Tire HQs 3 days/week (Mon-Fri)
• Strong desire to work in a fast paced, multi-cultural team-oriented environment
• Self-starter and a quick learner
• Experience with Programming Languages (i.e. Python)
• Exposure to development tools: Visual Studio Code, github
• Familiar with platforms: LINUX, AWS (EC2 instances, S3 storage)
• Basic concepts of Machine Learning
• Knowledge of Natural Language Processing: sentiment analysis, name entity recognition, text classification, etc.
• Basic Concepts of Deep learning: PyTorch, Transformers, BERT. Some experience with TensorFlow is a plus. 
• Legal Authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening
• Continental is not able to pay relocation expenses for this opportunity

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEO-Statement:

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to Careers@conti-na.com or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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