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Meta · 2 days ago

Planning & Capacity Engineer

Fremont, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$154K/yr - $217K/yr

6+ years exp

Meta is seeking a Planning & Capacity Engineer to join the Infrastructure Supply Chain and Engineering (ISCE) Planning team to focus on planning optimization for all of Meta’s infrastructure. This role will help ensure optimal deployment and operation of infrastructure by creating and optimizing supply chain plans and collaborating with various engineering and business teams.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Own infrastructure supply chain planning for Meta (as part of Meta’s overall capacity plan): including servers, network, and data center equipment from components to finished goods

Design improvements to software systems to improve supply chain planning efficiency and quality, partner with software engineers to implement and contribute code yourself

Develop and analyze business and technical data and scenarios to drive executive decisions around infrastructure supply and spend

Contribute to end to end supply chain planning processes (as part of Meta’s overall capacity plan), methodologies, and data to deliver an executable and optimized supply plan

Manage and resolve critical escalations and exceptions in all areas of the supply chain

Critique demand signals curated by upstream teams, and build an anticipatory demand view for ISCE through mathematical modeling and business judgement

Influence and interweave technology strategy and transitions into planning models

Develop and code models that drive supply flexibility and optionality to best balance delivery of required capacity, cost, and risk

Build mathematical models to perform simulation and optimization studies of demand projections, scenario planning, and gap closure analysis while balancing constraints, product mixes and inventory costs

Work cross-functionally to define problem statements, collect data, build analytical models and make recommendations to drive change and optimization at the most strategic levels

Partner across Infra - platform teams, server hardware engineering, network engineering, data center engineering, operations, capacity planning, networking planning, data center planning, energy - to find the most optimal ways to build and scale our Infrastructure

Partner with Finance to balance cost efficiency with technical, product and supply chain considerations

Qualification

Supply chain managementOptimization algorithmsMathematical modelingCoding/scripting languagesPerformance engineeringDistributed systemsInfrastructure operationsAnalytical skillsCross-functional collaborationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

6+ years of experience in performance or software engineering and/or optimization pertinent data science

6+ years of experience in designing and implementing models and optimization algorithms

3+ years of experience in coding/scripting languages such as Python, R, Java, C, C++, PHP

3+ years of experience in supply chain management - planning, manufacturing, operations, inventory, etc

Experience working with distributed systems at scale

Experience in supply chain planning optimization

Experience in infrastructure operations and technical infrastructure knowledge

Experience working with cross-functional teams

Preferred

MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Supply Chain Analytics or other technical field

Track record of success in planning for a complex supply chain environment

Experience transforming business systems, models, and achieving results relative to goals. Demonstrated skills questioning the norm, thinking out-of-bounds, and delivering

Experience interfacing with internal & external partners in an entrepreneurial and cross-functional environment, requiring a latitude for independent judgment while coordinating people and technical resources