Network Analyst Product Engineer II - Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)

Esri•Redlands, CA

About The Position

The fleet routing software provided by Esri empowers the largest companies in the world to solve their challenging vehicle routing problems. We actively develop new capabilities, and have openings for energetic, organized, and proactive individuals to test the quality and performance of these solvers, and to contribute to their future design and documentation. Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Redlands, CA area for this position.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in one of the following:
Developing test data and test cases as well as designing and running stress and load tests
Statistical analysis on large datasets to summarize data, discover trends and patterns, and provide insight
Jupyter Notebooks and Python's visualization and data science libraries (such as Matplotlib and Pandas)
Experience developing applications in Python and the use of REST APIs
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proven ability to analyze and solve problems in rigorous and innovative ways
Bachelor’s degree in operations research, computer science, mathematics, data science, or related field

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in operations research, computer science, mathematics, data science, or related field
Knowledge of Vehicle Routing Problem models such as electric vehicle routing and household waste pickup
Knowledge of route optimization methodologies, especially the use of metaheuristics
Experience with statistical design of experiments and algorithm tuning
Passion for finding the needle in the haystack

Responsibilities

Gain a thorough understanding of the fleet routing solvers
Extend and maintain an extensive suite of test cases that exercise various features of the fleet routing solvers
Create adversarial test cases to expose potential flaws in solution quality
Build, run, and monitor the performance, durability and scalability of the fleet routing solvers
Create compelling and clear data visualizations of testing results
Collaborate with development programmers to design and build innovative new functionality
Engage with customers to understand their real-world business problems, and to model those problems using Esri fleet routing functionality
Research and analyze customer requests and industry standards to establish and define new solver requirements
Troubleshoot and diagnose customer problems involving solution quality or performance
Test and document recommended workflows for ArcGIS users and developers
Create innovative solutions combining various Network Analyst and other GIS techniques, within the broader context of strategic planning and territory design