Operations Research Engineer (m/f/d)

• Develop and optimize Real-Time Pickup and Delivery Task Scheduling, Multi-Robot Coordination, and other essential components of our Fleet Management System.
• Design optimization models for heterogeneous fleets of robots in varying operational contexts including manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics, while adapting them as new customer challenges arise.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of internal tools used by teams across the company.
• Collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to meet project milestones and deliver high-quality features on schedule.
• Demonstrate autonomy in managing your own work, and take strategic initiatives to improve the product.

• You can model a scheduling or routing problem, choose sensibly between exact and heuristic approaches, and explain the tradeoffs behind your decisions. 
• Proficient in Python, C++, Rust or similar programming languages.
• Practical knowledge of Docker, Git, and Linux.
• Hands-on with a solver or optimization framework: Google OR-Tools, Gurobi, Timefold, or similar.
• Comfortable working asynchronously within a distributed team.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with real-time, multi-robot, or vehicle-routing / pickup-and-delivery problems.
• Familiarity with our stack: Rust, Java, Python, Redis, RabbitMQ, AWS.
• Published or applied research in Operations Research, multi-robot coordination, or related areas.
• A habit of following new OR and ML approaches, paired with the judgment to know when they're actually worth adopting.

• At idealworks, you will find an international working environment and become part of an experienced, open team where mutual trust counts. You will feel at home from the very first second!
• Experience a first-hand start-up feeling and flat hierarchies with varied and responsible tasks that you work on independently.
• Look forward to hybrid working model with 30 vacation days per year and various opportunities to balance your free time, family and job.
• For your commitment to helping us achieve our mission, you will not only be rewarded with appreciation, but also competitive pay including a bonus scheme and an annual personal development budget.
• We offer exciting corporate benefits, an attractive company pension scheme and regular team events.
• Our modern office is easily accessible by public transport, bike and car and offers numerous catering options for relaxed lunch breaks with your team.
• Driven by our unique corporate culture, the five values: passion for results, wellbeing, personal growth, trust and being and acting as one team. All determine our daily actions and cooperation.