Senior Manager, Automation Engineering - Simulation

Position Summary...

In this role and team, you will be at the leading edge of technology development to reinvent the customer shopping experience. The impact you will make in this role will transform the retail industry and lead the way for how customers shop. Come join us on this exciting journey!
 
This role is part of the Stores Front-End Transformation and Innovation team and reports to the Director, Automation Engineering. This is an onsite position based in Bentonville, Arkansas.

What you'll do...

• Digital Twins: Responsible to develop Digital Twins to simulate the store frontend, optimizing checkout flow, enhancing customer, associate experiences, and improving operational efficiencies
• Supplier Management: Responsible to lead, manage, and guide external partners like SoftServe and NVIDIA to deliver highly scalable digital twin tools
• Simulation Strategy: Responsible for shaping Walmart’s Stores Frontend Simulation strategy.  This leader will provide key business and system inputs, technical outputs and business outcomes
• Visionary Mindset: Combines technologies building blocks like image-based modeling, AI and machine learning, and physics-based game modeling
• Tools: Advanced level experience building discrete event simulation models from scratch using industry standard tools such as FlexSim, NVIDIA Omniverse, Enterprise Dynamics, and Anylogic

What you’ll bring…

• Experience leading a Simulation / Data Science team providing key business and system design inputs, validation, and optimization value propositions for efficiency and innovation
• Advanced level experience building discrete event simulation models from scratch using industry standard tools such as Enterprise Dynamics, Anylogic, FlexSim, NVIDIA Omniverse
• Advanced understanding of E2E process flow modeling
• Expert in using python Simpy and other big-data analysis tools such as (Pandas, Sci-kit, Numpy) with demonstrated experience in having used these tools in complex models
• Fundamental understanding of ML concepts and experience using tensorFlow/Pytorch etc. 
• Advanced experience in SQL querying languages
• Experience developing optimization algorithms from scratch (Formulation of objective functions, Gurobi or PulP solvers)

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. 

Equal Opportunity Employer  

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. 

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field and 4 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area. Option 2: 6
years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Masters: Computer Engineering

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America