MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Company: Amazon.com Services, Inc., an Amazon.com company Position Title: Research Scientist II Location: Seattle, Washington Position Responsibilities: Interact with various software and business groups to develop an understanding of their business requirements and operational processes. Utilize acquired knowledge and business judgment to build decision-supporting and operational tools to improve the bottom line. Build quantitative mathematical models to represent a wide range of supply chain, transportation and logistics systems. Implement these models and tools through the use of modeling languages and engineering code in software languages such as Java, C++, C# or C. Gather required data for analysis and mathematical model building by writing ad-hoc scripts and database queries. Perform quantitative, economic, and numerical performance analyses of these systems under uncertainty using statistical and optimization tools. Create computer simulations to support
Position Requirements: PhD or foreign equivalent in Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and one year of research or work experience in the job offered, or as a Research Scientist, Research Assistant, Software Engineer, or a related occupation. Must have one year of research or work experience in the following skill(s): (1.) programming with Java, C++, C#, or a related programming language; and (2.) formulating and solving both discrete and continuous optimization problems. Applicants must meet all of the above listed requirements for this position