Staff Data Scientist, Global Operations Intelligence, SMAI

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.

Key Responsibilities

Capacity Optimization & Advanced Analytics

• Develop optimization models to improve factory capacity utilization, throughput, cycle time, tool loading, and bottleneck management.
• Build mathematical models for capacity planning, production allocation, constraint identification, and investment prioritization.
• Apply operations research techniques such as linear programming, mixed-integer programming, constraint programming, stochastic optimization, and simulation-based optimization.
• Design algorithms to support factory maxout strategies and identify opportunities to unlock additional capacity without unnecessary capital investment.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Problem Solving

• Partner with manufacturing, industrial engineering, planning, equipment, process, and business teams to understand capacity constraints and operational challenges.
• Analyze tool capability, process flows, product mix, WIP movement, cycle time, dispatching rules, and factory constraints to recommend optimization opportunities.
• Support scenario analysis for capacity expansion, product mix changes, technology transitions, and capital planning decisions.
• Develop data-driven recommendations that improve decision quality across tactical and strategic planning horizons.

Data Science, AI/ML & Decision Intelligence

• Build predictive and prescriptive analytics models using large-scale manufacturing and planning datasets.
• Apply machine learning techniques to forecast capacity demand, identify abnormal patterns, predict bottlenecks, and recommend operational actions.
• Integrate optimization engines with data pipelines, visualization dashboards, and decision-support tools.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to deploy scalable analytical models into production systems.

Stakeholder Engagement & Business Impact

• Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable insights for technical teams and business leaders.
• Quantify business impact in terms of capacity gain, cost avoidance, cycle time reduction, productivity improvement, and capital efficiency.
• Drive cross-functional alignment by communicating assumptions, model logic, trade-offs, and recommendations effectively.
• Contribute to roadmap development for advanced capacity intelligence, factory digital twin, and AI-driven planning capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong experience in mathematical optimization, simulation, statistical modeling, or machine learning.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or similar analytical programming tools.
• Experience with optimization libraries or solvers such as Gurobi, CPLEX, OR-Tools, Pyomo, PuLP, or equivalent.
• Strong capability in data analysis, feature engineering, model validation, and algorithm design.
• Experience working with large datasets from manufacturing, supply chain, planning, or operational systems.
• Ability to structure ambiguous business problems into analytical frameworks and deliver practical solutions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex models to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, global