(USA) Senior Manager, Automation Engineering Data Modeling and Simulation

Job description

**Position Summary...**
In this role and team, you will be at the leading edge of technology development to reinvent the customer shopping experience.

The impact you will make in this role will transform the retail industry and lead the way for how customers shop.

Come join us on this exciting journey!

The Senior Manager, Automation Engineering - Data Modeling and Simulation is responsible for developing and validating innovative engineering solutions to use within the Store fulfillment network to improve customer experience, business demand, and cost to serve.

Leveraging large datasets and data visualization to support strategic decision-making and optimize network performance, the role also assists with the design and development of simulation models used to evaluate the efficiency of fulfillment automation systems.

This role is part of the Store Fulfillment team and reports to the Director, Automation Engineering.

This is an onsite position based in Bentonville, Arkansas.

**What you'll do...**

+ **Simulation Modeling:** Develop Digital Twins to identify potential bottlenecks and improvement opportunities with design and make recommendations to maximize customer service level and overall return on investment; build 3-D animation and visualization of the simulation model and present to engineering leadership
+ **Advanced Analytics:** Perform extensive SQL-based data extraction, manipulation, and analysis to generate actionable insights; create tailored visualizations that clearly communicate complex findings to both executive leadership and technical engineering teams, supporting data-driven strategic decision-making
+ **Data Modeling** : Develop data models to execute algorithms that drive product put away/replenishment, process flows, order prioritization, order batching, etc.

and make recommendations of optimization algorithms that maximize asset utilization, throughput, and system/associate performance.
+ **Supplier Management:** Lead, manage, and guide external partners like Symbotic and Knapp to deliver highly scalable simulation models
+ **Simulation Strategy:** Provide key business and system inputs, technical outputs and business outcomes to shape Walmart’s Store Fulfillment Simulation strategy
+ **Visionary Mindset:** Combine technologies building blocks like image-based modeling, AI and machine learning, and physics-based game modeling

**What you’ll bring…**

+ Experience leading a Simulation / Data Science team providing key business and system design inputs, validation, and optimization value propositions for efficiency and innovation
+ Advanced level experience in data analytics and visualization.
+ Advanced level experience building discrete event simulation models from scratch using industry standard tools such as Enterprise Dynamics, Anylogic, FlexSim, NVIDIA Omniverse
+ Advanced understanding of E2E process flow modeling (FC, warehouse preferred)
+ Expert in using python Simpy and other big-data analysis tools such as (Pandas, Sci-kit, Numpy) with demonstrated experience in having used these tools in complex models
+ Fundamental understanding of ML concepts and experience using tensorFlow/Pytorch etc.
+ Advanced experience in SQL querying languages
+ Experience developing optimization algorithms from scratch (Formulation of objective functions, Gurobi or PulP solvers)

_The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role.

It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process._

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.

Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.

Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.

Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.

Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.

The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.

It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.

Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.

Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment.

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart (https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J) .

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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- Stock
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**Minimum Qualifications...**

_Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position.

If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications._

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 4 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.

Option 2: 6
years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.

**Preferred Qualifications...**

_Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position.

If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications._

Masters: Computer Engineering

**Primary Location...**

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job.

This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Walmart, Inc.

is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice.

We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them.

That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

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