The Discrete Planning Group is a part of the Autonomy Team for Hivemind Enterprise Product, focused on researching and developing state‑of‑the‑art algorithms that drive intelligent flight behaviors while accounting for an uncertain and dynamic world.
Research, design, and implement state‑of‑the‑art algorithms for optimal task allocation, scheduling and temporal sequencing of heterogeneous teams of autonomous vehicles
Solidify and improve existing C++ based mission planning software applicable across disparate vehicle types and compute platforms
Work with engineers, program managers, and product managers to define a technical roadmap for future autonomy solutions and SDK offerings
Breakdown a mission into assignable tasks based on agent capabilities such as navigating in contested and denied environments and adapting to mission changes in real‑time
Construct feasible and optimal action plans for distributed teams of autonomous vehicles that also minimize human operator workload
Requirements
PhD in Optimization or Operations Research
Master’s degree with 4 or more years of work in the same areas
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Locations (2)
McLean, Virginia, United States
New York, New York, United States
Compensation
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. McLean, VA: $197,300 - $225,100 for Mgr, Data Science New York, NY: $215,200 - $245,600 for Mgr, Data Science
Responsibilities
Work with Product Managers and Business Analysts to design in-market experiments, validating assumptions before full-scale development.
Formulate & solve complex problems by translating ambiguous business challenges into structured mathematical problems and implementing optimization models.
Build & deploy scalable models, developing, testing, and deploying production-grade optimization algorithms and simulation models using Python and commercial/open-source solvers.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to integrate optimization engines into existing software systems and workflows.
Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree plus 6 years of experience in data analytics
Master’s Degree plus 4 years of experience in data analytics
PhD plus 1 year of experience in data analytics
Nice to have: PhD in STEM field
Nice to have: at least 1 year of experience working with AWS
