Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Kind Attention Students of 2008-2012 and 2009-2013 Batch CSE & ECE

Aspiring Minds, India's foremost assessment company is hiring engineers (Batch of 2008-2012 and 2009-2013) for its Research and Development team. for its Research and Development team.  We want to hire the best engineering minds in the country to participate in active research and development with us to build the products of tomorrow. Our product development requires going in-depth of machine learning (artificial intelligence) algorithms and combine it with various computer science areas such as speech recognition, program analysis, and computational linguistics and embedded systems. We develop our products with a deep focus on the science behind it and are driven by the statistical validation of all our results.

Salary: 6L to 9.5L CTC (Minimum offered: 5.5L fixed + Bonus)
Location: Gurgaon, India
What are we looking for: Strong computer science concepts with great programming skills and exposure to machine learning. Eligibility criteria are given below.

People who are shortlisted will be called for a walk-in in the second-half of October. Apply only if you meet the eligibility criteria (details given below).

Research and Development Engineer
The individual will work as a part of the research team at Aspiring Minds in developing solutions to real-world problems using state-of-art machine learning techniques, computer science concepts and statistical assessments. To be able to produce the best in market products, we not only bring theoretical algorithms into the realm of practical application, but more often than not, improve them. As a part of this team, you will understand the kind of problems we are interested in, translate them into computer science problems, read papers to understand the state-of art developments in related areas in academia and industry and cross-apply multiple research findings to develop new products or enhance our current products. On a typical day, you might be spending your time reading a paper, brainstorming ideas with colleagues, coding a new algorithm (we enjoy this the most!) and analyzing results or Thinking (with a capital T)!


Some computer science we routinely do: Statistical parameter estimation and inference,  Probability density estimation, Regression/Classification,  Program Analysis, Speech Analysis, Non-linear Modeling, etc.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA for applying for this position:

1. B.E./B.tech. in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Information Technology/Electronics, Class of 2008-2012 and 2009-2013.
2. Have an AMCAT score of E > 500, L > 500, Q > 500, CP > 550 OR Within top 20% in your engineering class OR JEE RANK < 5000 OR AIEEE RANK < 10,000
3. Have a publication in an international conference/journal OR a project/internship in Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence/Applied Mathematics/Data Analysis which is not just a class project OR in top 5% of an international coding competition

Please apply if you qualify all three criteria


What does it mean to work at Aspiring Minds?

You may want to work with us, if the following excites you:
    * You want to be a part of a young, energetic and highly-qualified team.
    * Opportunity to make impact excites you.
    * You think you have ideas.
    * You like hard problems.
    * You want to do non-incremental tasks and have a passion to disrupt the market
Do not apply to us if you wish to have a *routine* work-life!

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About Aspiring Minds

The Concept
Aspiring Minds is a product based company that develops scientific assessment tools and prediction algorithms for the purpose of human capital evaluation. Aspiring Minds' products enable a match between applicants and jobs through a detailed assessment of their capabilities and skills. Our assessment product and proprietary predictive matching algorithms heavily use learning techniques combined with various computer science areas such as speech recognition, program analysis and linguistics. Our products are as varied as assessment of speech, personality, language skills to prediction of performance, attrition, promotion and career success.
More than 750,000 job applicants across India take our standardized test, AMCAT to make themselves and their skills visible to corporates. This makes AMCAT India's largest employability test. AMCAT helps the students get an interview opportunity and eventually a job matching his/her skill set. The corporates are able to identify and locate talent, which was hidden to them till now. Multiple statistical studies show that using AMCAT leads to better job-matching and higher productivity for our clients. A good job-matching algorithm helps making the labor (job) market more efficient and enable fair return to human capital. Aspiring Minds seeks to establish an efficient talent ecosystem in India.

A Brief about the Company
Aspiring Minds was started by alumni of IIT and MIT(USA) in 2007. Its advisory panel consists of Prof Tarun Khanna of Harvard Business School and Dr Una-May O'Reilly of MIT, USA. It works with corporates in multiple sectors ranging from IT, ITeS to hospitality, retail and microfinance. Some of its clients include HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, Accenture, Genpact, Accor Hotels, Sapient, Ericson, HP and many more. Its flagship test AMCAT has been taken by more than 750K applicants across more than 1100 institutions. It regularly publishes research reports on the employment ecosystem in India, which have been covered in leading print media like The Economist, Business Standard, Economic Times, etc. It was rated by Business Week as one of world's 25 most intriguing startups.