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Komatsu · 1 week ago

Operations Research Engineer

Komatsu is a global leader in mine management technology, striving to revolutionize the mining industry through innovation. The Operations Research Engineer will design and develop optimization models and algorithms to solve complex challenges in large-scale computing, focusing on load and haul operations.

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Responsibilities

Design and develop optimization models and algorithms with and without commercial solvers following established software development practices and processes
Develop and implement solutions to optimize and automate business decisions using large data sets and algorithms
Create low-level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and diagrams
Develop proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback
Develop software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analyzing data and processes, and following established software development practices and processes
Understand applications domain and pro-actively interact with product teams to improve functional and nonfunctional aspects of platform components
Update and share knowledge by reading professional publications. And studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing technology

Qualification

Optimization modelsAlgorithm designObject-oriented programmingData structuresMathematical optimizationAnalytic solutionsRelational DBMSGitDevOpsStatistics knowledgeWeb TechnologiesAgile methodologiesInterpersonal skills

Required

PhD. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related
M.Sc. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related with 2+ years' experience
Experience in designing, implementing, and testing analytic and/or algorithmic solutions to business or operational problems
Background in design and development discrete, nonlinear, or stochastic mathematical optimization models and combinatorial optimization algorithms
Experience in decomposition approaches solving large-scale optimization problems
Experience with optimization modeling languages (e.g., Pyomo, GAMS) and solvers (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX)
Expert in at least one major object-oriented programming language (C/C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, or Python)
Understanding of data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
Understanding of database theory and experience in at least one relational DBMS
Strong computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
Experience in Requirement/Design/Code Review, Parallel and Asynchronous programming, and software engineering best-practices, patterns, and anti-patterns
Hands-on experience with using Git (handling branching and merging) and DevOps pipelines
Core programming knowledge on multi-threading, garbage collector, advanced debugging and memory profiling

Preferred

Knowledge in statistics and data science models (K-means, random Forrest, neural nets etc.)
Familiar with data modelling, frameworks, and tools such as Databricks/Spark, Postgresql, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Kubernetes, AMQP Messaging tools, gRPC, REST, Serialization Protocols, Docker, RDBMS
Experience with databases modeling and ORM frameworks
Experience with Web Technologies such as HTML, CSS and Javascript
Experience developing systems using cloud technologies
Outstanding written and interpersonal skills, ability to effectively interact with local and offshore development teams
Experience with Agile methodologies
Experience developing mining systems

Company

Komatsu is a manufacturing company that specializes in the development of equipment for the construction industry.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Hayden Akers
Partner Integration Manager
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Masatoshi Ueno
Managing Director, office of CTO@Silicon Valley
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