Principal Simulation Scientist, WWDE Simulation

Principal Simulation Scientist

The Worldwide Design Engineering (WWDE) organization delivers innovative, effective and efficient engineering solutions that continually improve our customers' experience. WWDE optimizes designs throughout the entire Amazon value chain providing overall fulfillment solutions from order receipt to last mile delivery. We are seeking a Principal Simulation Scientist to assist in designing and optimizing the fulfillment network concepts and process improvement solutions using discrete event simulations for our World Wide Design Engineering Team. Successful candidates will be technical experts and natural self-starters who have the drive to apply simulation and optimization tools to solve complex system flow and buffer challenges during the development of next generation fulfillment solutions. The Principal Simulation Scientist is expected to deep dive into complex problems and drive relentlessly towards innovative solutions working with cross functional teams. Be comfortable interfacing and influencing various functional teams and individuals at all levels of the organization in order to be successful. Lead strategic modelling and simulation projects related to system emulation, optimization, AI/ML based simulation etc. to drive process design decisions. Responsibilities include:

• Leading the design, implementation, and delivery of the simulation data science solutions to perform system of systems discrete event simulations for significantly complex operational processes that have a long-term impact on a product, business, or function using FlexSim, Demo 3D, AnyLogic or any other Discrete Event Simulation (DES) software packages
• Leading strategic modelling and simulation projects related to Digital Twin, optimization, integrate AI/ML into simulation models etc. to drive process design decisions
• Being an exemplary practitioner in the simulation data science discipline to establish best practices and simplify problems to develop discrete event simulations faster with higher standards
• Identifying and tackling intrinsically hard process flow simulation problems (e.g., highly complex, ambiguous, undefined, with less existing structure, or having significant business risk or potential for significant impact)
• Delivering artifacts that set the standard in the organization for excellence, from process flow control algorithm design to validation to implementations to technical documents using simulations
• Being a pragmatic problem solver by applying judgment and simulation experience to balance cross-organization trade-offs between competing interests and effectively influence, negotiate, and communicate with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors for multiple simulation projects
• Providing simulation data and measurements that influence the business strategy of an organization. Writing effective white papers and artifacts while documenting your approach, simulation outcomes, recommendations, and arguments
• Leading and actively participating in reviews of simulation data science solutions. Bringing clarity to complexity, probing assumptions, illuminating pitfalls, and fostering shared understanding within simulation data science discipline
• Playing a significant role in the career development of others, actively mentoring and educating the larger simulation data science community on trends, technologies, and best practices
• Using advanced statistical/simulation tools and developing codes (python or another object oriented language) for data analysis, simulation, and modeling algorithms
• Leading and coordinating simulation efforts between internal teams and outside vendors to develop optimal solutions for the network, including equipment specification, material flow control logic, process design, and site layout
• Delivering results according to project schedules and quality