Smart Manufacturing / Scheduling and Optimization Researcher Job at Hitachi America, Ltd.
Location:
Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
Job ID:
R0005213
Date Posted:
2021-12-01
Company Name:
Hitachi America, Ltd.
Profession (Job Category):
Engineering & Science
Job Schedule:
Full time
Remote:
No
Job Description:
Researcher, Smart Manufacturing / Scheduling & Optimization
Company: Hitachi America, Ltd. (HAL)
Division: R&D / Industrial Innovation Laboratory
Location: Farmington Hills, MI
Status: Regular, Full-Time
Summary:
Hitachi America, Ltd. (www.hitachi-america.us) is looking for a Ph.D./Master’s degree holder in Industrial, Robotics, Mechanical, Mathematical information or related Engineering field to join our R&D team as a researcher to contribute in the area of Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0. The Researcher will collaborate with HAL Researchers, Hitachi R&D in Japan and industry partners as well as customers on Smart Manufacturing/Scheduling & Optimization. This position will require sound knowledge in production systems, scheduling technologies, optimization algorithms, and prior experience in software development for industrial projects. The position requires the researcher to work as a team member with good communication and written skills.
Job Duties:
- The candidate will work in close collaboration with HAL Researchers and Hitachi R&D in Japan
- 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 system 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 high level of analytical ability
- Periodic generation of invention disclosures based on research outcome
- Publish technical papers and attend/present at conferences and seminars
Qualifications
- Master or higher degree in Industrial, Robotics, Mechanical, Mathematical information or 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)
- Knowledge of scheduling and routing, optimization technologies for production operation management or warehouse AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) operation management. (Required)
- Experience with commercial solvers (Gurobi, Cplex, Xpress) or open-source solvers (GLPK, lp_solve, MIPCL, etc.) and developing algorithms in Python, Java, or C++ in a collaborative environment. (Required)
- Experience in collaborative robots, robot path and motion planning, and robotics platform (ROS, ORiN, etc.) or robotics simulator (gazebo, Isaac, etc.) (Preferred)
- Knowledge of manufacturing/warehouse system, and production line design. (Preferred)
- Working knowledge in statistics, data mining techniques, Machine Learning methods and common tools. (Preferred)
- Experience of presenting / publishing in international conferences or journals is preferred
- Capability of writing new proposals to sustain research funding is preferred
- Skills in time and project management is required
- Must be able to travel locally and internationally up to 25% of the time
Equal Opportunity Employer
(EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected
Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to
accommodation@hal.hitachi.com.
Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.
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