Applied Research Scientist - Large-Scale Optimization

aalyria-careers; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Innovative environment

Impactful work

Growth opportunities

Inclusive culture

Hybrid work arrangements

Equity options

Job summary

Aalyria is seeking a Research Scientist to advance scalable optimization and resource management for aerospace communications. You will work with software engineers to turn research into production-ready capabilities that meet the demands of Spacetime’s systems.

The role emphasizes applied research, collaboration with researchers and engineers, and publishing at premier conferences while building documentation for novel algorithms.

Qualifications

• PhD and/or 3+ years of equivalent research experience in computer science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or related field.
• Strong skills in Python and working in Linux environments.
• A track record of publishing in leading venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR/ICML, INFOCOM/IEEE, SIGCOMM, MobiCom, or ICC/GLOBECOM.
• Demonstrated ability of working proactively in a self-motivated way.

Responsibilities

• Specify, research, design and develop scalable optimization algorithms for large, complex resource allocation problems.
• Apply techniques from machine learning, integer optimisation, metaheuristic, or other algorithms to improve solution quality and computational efficiency.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate research into commercial product capabilities.
• Evaluate new approaches against realistic problem sizes, constraints, and performance requirements.
• Publish at leading international conferences and contribute to patent applications.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to novel algorithms developed by the team.

Skills

Python

Linux

Self-motivation

Education

PhD

3+ years research experience

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Gurobi

CBC

Google OR-Tools

Job description

Aalyria is seeking a Research Scientist to advance scalable optimization and resource management for aerospace communications. You will work with software engineers to turn research into production-ready capabilities that meet the demands of Spacetime’s systems.

The role emphasizes applied research, collaboration with researchers and engineers, and publishing at premier conferences while building documentation for novel algorithms.