Principal Optimization Engineer (Operations Research)

Company Description

The next big thing in data is you! We deliver the possibilities for data. You define what's possible.

We are seeking a highly motivated person with passion to innovate and help shape the future of data to join our Advance Analytics Office (AAO) team. Supporting the digital transformation at Western Digital, operations research (OR) solutions are developed to maximize the operations effectiveness of our systems and processes. As a senior OR engineer, you will provide optimization models, delivering business value to global functional teams working on production and capacity planning, scheduling, network, and system design domains. In this role, you will be key technical contributor in OR projects, collaborating with data science and OR experts, application developers and IT specialists to solve complex analytics and optimization problems, and release the solutions into real business application. You will interact with functional subject-matter experts to understand their analytics needs & requirements for OR modeling and solution delivery. If you think big and have a relentless drive to deliver and innovate, you will thrive as part of a passionate and dedicated team that is transforming the promise of data into a reality.

A senior technical role combining deep expertise in Operations Research with Machine Learning capabilities to solve complex business optimization problems, primarily in the APAC region. This role requires a 70 PERCENT focus on Operations Research and 30 PERCENT on Machine Learning applications.

Core Responsibilities

Operations Research (70 PERCENT )

• Lead and execute complex optimization projects across global sites, with a primary focus on APAC region operations
• Collect information about the business problems, understand the related current practices and the desired solution.
• Collect analytical requirements from the business and translate and cast the business problem into analytical problem definition statements.
• Set up the mathematical model of the problem under study, with data I / O interfaces.
• Implement the mathematical model using declarative math programming libraries, e.g., FICO Xpress or Google OR-Tools.
• Conduct rigorous numerical experiments and sensitivity analyses to validate model effectiveness
• Guide the deployment of OR solutions into production environments
• Mentor junior team members in OR methodologies and best practices

Technical Skills

Machine Learning Integration (30 PERCENT )

Core Operations Research Skills

Machine Learning & Analytics Skills

Project Management & Communication

Domain Knowledge

Qualifications

Required :

Preferred

Additional Information

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

Locations - Bengaluru, India