Operations Research Scientist
inSync Staffing Inc. · Posted Nov 11, 2026
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Hybrid
- Contract · Senior
- 3–5 years
Build optimization, machine learning and decision-support solutions that improve network performance, operational efficiency and service reliability while reducing costs.
Responsibilities
- Develop real-time, tactical and strategic network disruption management and recovery models to support railroad operations and service resiliency.
- Provide production support, maintenance and ongoing enhancements for existing operations research applications.
- Design, develop and implement optimization, simulation and machine learning models in Python, Java or C++.
- Evaluate the accuracy, completeness and quality of data sources and resolve data quality issues and gaps.
- Partner with business teams across departments to identify operational and process improvement opportunities.
Requirements
- Master's or Ph.D. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science or a related quantitative field.
- Nice to have: Railroad operations knowledge
- Nice to have: Transportation planning
- Nice to have: Network design
- Nice to have: Train scheduling