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Maxonic is assisting our direct client to fulfill an urgent role for the Researcher (Smart Manufacturing/ Industrial Operations). Please see the job description below and contact Nina Schindler for more details at . JOB DESCRIPTION: Researcher (Smart Manufacturing/ Industrial Operations) in Farmington Hills, MI (27781)
- Location Farmington Hills, MI
- Employment: Permanent FTE
- Onsite work
- Visa: H1B visa transfer
- Relocation assistance
- The candidate should be capable of working with industry partners and customers, identifying customers' needs & challenges, and proposing & conducting solution design /implementation / verification.
- Ability to design, implement and apply manufacturing systems by leveraging production line design optimization, production scheduling optimization, production process optimization and production control optimization etc.
- The candidate should leverage Industry 4.0 elements to improve processes and productivity
- Ability to conceive proof of concept ideas and then scale them up to production not just on a single line but across different lines and factories
- The candidate must have the ability to make plans and execute them. He/she will perform complex process and system analysis with a high level of analytical ability
- Periodic generation of invention disclosures based on research outcome
- Publish technical papers and attend/present at conferences and seminars
- Must be able to travel locally and internationally up to 25% of the time
- Master or higher degree in Operations Research or mathematical information engineering, mechanical engineering, control engineering related field. (Required)
- Deep understanding, experience formulating and implementation of related technology, such as Linear Programming, Stochastic Programming, Mixed Integer Linear Programming, Meta-heuristics, Graph theory, Production simulation, Discrete-event simulation, Cyber-Physical System etc. (Required, but no need for all technologies)
- Working experience in scheduling and routing optimization problems for production operation management or AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) operation management. (Preferred)
- Knowledge of manufacturing system, manufacturing process, and production line design, optimization. (Required)
- Knowledge in Industry 4.0 IIoT Platform, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) protocols (Preferred)
- Knowledge of industrial automation equipment, such as robots, AGV, PLC. Hands-on experience preferred. (Preferred)
- Working knowledge in statistics, data mining techniques, Machine Learning methods and common tools. (Preferred)
- Experience with commercial solvers (Gurobi, Cplex, Xpress) or open-source solvers (GLPK, lpsolve, MIPCL, etc.) and developing algorithms in Python, Java, or C in a collaborative environment. (Required)
- Experience of presenting / publishing in international conferences or journals is preferred
- Capability of writing new proposals to sustain research funding is preferred
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