Data Scientist – Optimization for Supply Chain

Toyota; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays and paid time off

Job summary

Toyota’s Digital Innovations organization in Plano, TX seeks a Data Scientist - Optimization to design, develop, and industrialize advanced optimization solutions for the North American Vehicle Supply Chain.

This role applies mathematical optimization, operations research, data science, and cloud-based engineering practices to deliver the supply chain vision of getting the right vehicle to the right place at the right time.

Qualifications

• Experience building and deploying optimization models with real-world constraints.
• Strong proficiency in Python and data-science libraries.
• Experience moving analytics or optimization solutions to production and collaborating with cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary teams across data science, engineering, and product domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and deployment of mathematical optimization models for supply chain planning (e.g., MILP, LP, network flow).
• Formulate business objectives into optimization models and performance measures.
• Collaborate with leaders to define use cases, quantify value, and establish measurable outcomes.
• Coach a team of data scientists, optimization engineers, and analysts.
• Embed optimization services into digital products, APIs, and decision-support tools.
• Define model validation, back-testing, and governance for production-ready solutions.

Skills

Optimization modeling

Python

Data science

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field

Tools

Gurobi

Pyomo

OR-Tools

NumPy

Pandas

SciPy

Job description

Toyota’s Digital Innovations organization in Plano, TX seeks a Data Scientist - Optimization to design, develop, and industrialize advanced optimization solutions for the North American Vehicle Supply Chain.

This role applies mathematical optimization, operations research, data science, and cloud-based engineering practices to deliver the supply chain vision of getting the right vehicle to the right place at the right time.