The role could be based in different sites in Germany Uk Spain Italy and France.
Are you interested in launching the next generation of Amazon SCs in Europe Do you want to be part of the ongoing growth and expansion of Amazons infrastructure Do you want to be a Subject Matter Expert concerning SC Yard design Are you reluctant to apply because youre concerned you dont have the right qualifications The Global Engineering Services Team has a full training plan and support network to help you grow and succeed within this role. The Middle Mile Engineering Programs (MMEP) Innovation & Engineering is looking for a Simulations Engineer to join the team. The role is empowered to challenge status quo and directly influence future infrastructure cooperation with other GES stakeholders including but not limited to WWRE & Design ACES/PE AR Ops the team aims to optimize building designs modules and processes in ensuring safety quality productivity and AA experience related to SC.
As a Simulation Engineer you are an analytical problem solver who enjoys diving into data from various businesses is excited about investigations and algorithms can multi-task and can credibly interface between scientists engineers and business stakeholders. Your expertise in synthesizing and communicating insights and recommendations to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication will enable you to answer specific business questions and innovate for the future. As a Simulation Engineer you will apply designs and methodologies for complex use cases across Middle Mile network to drive addition you will contribute to the end state vision for simulation and experimentation of future Sort Centers at Amazon.
The role will be based in Germany UK Spain Italy or France with 10% of time traveling across European Middle Mile Nodes and corporate offices - predominantly working from the assigned office
Key job responsibilities
Design develop and simulate engineering solutions for yard and material handling challenges considering human/equipment interactions
Lead simulation efforts for optimal solutions through equipment specification material flow process design ergonomics associate experience operational considerations and site layout
The candidate must have the ability to work with diverse customer groups to solve business problems and provide data solutions that are organized and simple to understand
Working close with team internal and external Subject Matter Experts to drive analyze simulation results
Working with technical and non-technical customers to design experiments simulations and communicate results
Develop document and update simulation standards including standard results reports
Create basic to highly advanced models and run what-if scenarios to help drive to optimal solutions
Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing negotiating and communicating with internal and external business partners
Conduct post-mortem on simulations after implementation of new designs in partnering with Safety and Operations
A day in the life
Starting from the Inbound vehicle and volume profile indicators of the to be processed volume hourly distribution is available. This is the starting point for process centric design. Working backwards from minimum manual interactions with shipments the Simulation Engineer has to create material flow concepts and evaluate them against True North processes productivity and costs. Through simulation specific business cases will be modeled by the Simulation Engineer and assessed with internal and external subject matter experts. Through simulation of alternative scenarios and identified areas to improve concepts will be validated. An in depth report including clear recommendations and actions to meet the desired state will close the loop.
-Bachelors degree in Industrial/Mechanical/Process Engineering Bachelor or Masters Degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science Mechanical Industrial Engineering Machine Learning Operational Research Statistics Mathematics etc.)
-Experiences in developing conducting and optimizing material flow process or Material Handling Equipment simulations
-Experiences with data scripting languages like Python C C Visual Basic Experience in Siemens Plant Simulation FlexSim Emulate 3D similar simulation tools
-Experiences with AutoCAD
Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above wed love to hear from you.
Masters degree in Engineering (any discipline) 2-5 years Operations or a related field
French Polish Arabic Portuguese Turkish Afrikaans and Zulu are considered preferred qualifications.
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