Sunday, July 29, 2012

Full Time Position as Research Engineer – Mathematical Optimization


ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company is seeking qualified and experienced candidates to conduct research and software development in the area of mathematical programming. The qualified candidate will also serve as an internal consultant to ExxonMobil Upstream affiliates and will be based in Houston with some domestic and international travel.

Primary Job Functions:
  • Contribute to research and development effort in optimization and analytics for the petroleum and natural gas industry
  • Work within cross-disciplinary teams to perform breakthrough research, develop software, create new approaches and deploy technology for the upstream sector of the corporation
  • Plan, steward, and technically oversee internal and joint industry research programs
  • Provide training to ExxonMobil affiliates
  • Effectively work with contractors, vendors, and operators
Job Requirements:
  • Ph.D. degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline
  • Theoretical and practical experience in mathematical programming modeling and algorithm development for discrete optimization
    • Research emphasis on solving large-scale mixed integer programming problems in planning, scheduling or routing problemswould be preferred
    • Expertise in closely related areas such as stochastic programming, robust optimization constraint programming, approximate dynamic programming, mixed integer nonlinear programming is desirable, but not required
  • Strong background in programming, prior work or research-related experience in software development
  • Advanced proficiency with C++ or other object-oriented programming language
  • Strong applied math, engineering and applied research skills
Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Proficiency in current commercial and academic mathematical programming and optimization modeling languages and solvers
  • Experience in algorithm design and implementation that utilizes high performance computing
  • Demonstrated excellent communication, interpersonal, and personal leadership skills
ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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