Research Technician-Assistant [United States]

 

Research Technician-Assistant

Caltech

Job Category: Occasional
Exempt Overtime Eligible: Overtime Eligible
Benefits Eligible: Non-Benefit Based

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.

Job Summary

Candidate will assist in a variety of projects collecting data related to social judgments of warmth and competence of specific individuals and groups, as well as "supernormalized" (unusual) people and goods. A typical study will collect linguistic information about perceptions of companies and CEOs to identify cos/CEOs who are unusual in some traits, but which have bad hidden traits.

Essential Job Duties

• Scrape web for data
• Produce brief weekly reports
• Programming experiments on Prolific and data analysis
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• Fluent English writer and speaker
• Ability to scrape web for data
• Ability to organize and work with data bases
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Python and Javascript
• Knowledge of natural language processing (NLP)

Required Documents

• Resume

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: https://hr.caltech.edu/work/job_openings

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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