Full Time, Exempt

Alert Innovation is looking for a Director of Simulation Engineering to drive the development and apply best in class simulation methods for the company’s automated micro fulfilment systems. You will work with Systems Engineering and Robotic Control Systems team to manage projects that develop and validate traffic flows for future deployments. This also includes investigating how to improve system performance by increasing overall system throughput. The position will interface with all product teams within Alert Innovation and will have strong influence over the technology development.

As the director, you will be responsible for expanding our simulation team to meet the company wide simulation demands. This is a hands-on role; you will be responsible for execution tasks and participating as an active simulation engineering resource.

Responsibilities:

• Design models for Alert Innovation’s Micro Fulfilment Centers and relevant environments to support future deployments
• Develop and execute a roadmap to provide Alert Innovation best in case simulation modeling and analysis capabilities

• Investigate various traffic management and control theories to improve Alphabot capabilities
• Using simulation model, partner with product teams to uncover CIPs which will lead to system improvements
• Develop a process to maintain alignment with deployed software and simulation model to ensure synchronization of control approaches between real system and simulation
• Build, then lead a team of talented simulation engineers to meet the company goals and objectives

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Expert in translating complex automated systems into simplified, abstract simulation models
• Industry leader in defining and optimizing control strategies for automated material handling systems, including
  • traffic control,
  • path planning,
  • handling of competing demands for resources,
  • speed control,
  • deadlock prevention,
  • task assignment strategies,
  • interdependencies between layout and control strategies
• Ability to analyze and consolidate performance and log data of automated material handling / logistics systems in order to provide the basis for decision making, experience in applying advanced mathematical calculations and statistics to handle and analyze large sets of data to investigate system behavior and performance
• Ability to work with all engineering departments and influence through data and reason
• Ability to manage remote work teams and maintain execution schedules

• Experience modelling, simulation and analysis of complex, automated material handling systems with simulation software, Anylogic strongly preferred

• Programming experience, Java preferred

EDUCATION/relative Years experience

• Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or related

• Experience managing a local and remote team (+ 6 years)

• Simulation experience (+ 8 years). AnyLogic (preferred) or similar
• Programming experience in Java (+ 8 years)

VALUES

All members of Alert Innovation practice the following values as part of their daily responsibilities and model these values as she/he leads or supports their teams.

The Golden Rule: Extraordinarily powerful in its simplicity and depth: “Treat others as you would want to be treated”.

The Power of Person:The contribution of every single person in a company is important, and the performance of the entire company can only be maximized when every person strives to achieve his/her full potential and to contribute to the best of his/her ability.

The Power of Team: The Power of Person becomes amplified exponentially when a group of people working effectively as a team create “performance synergy”, whereby the capacity to perform as a team is much greater than the sum of the individual members’ capacities.

The Power of Truth: We strive to see the world as it is, not as we want or imagine it to be, because only then can we make it better. This core value manifests itself through questioning, probing, testing, measuring, validating, verifying, proving, listening with an open mind, and making fact-based decisions. It also fosters transparency and honesty with others, as well as self-examination and self-honesty.

Alert Innovation offers a highly competitive salary for each job family and level within the Boston-area market in which we are based. As part of our Power of Truth value we practice salary transparency, so you know you are being compensated fairly relative to other team members performing similar roles in our organization.

Every employee is granted stock options which vest over four years. We have 31 issued or pending patents on our groundbreaking technology. A leading retail equity analyst at Jefferies recently published that “we view Alert Innovation’s fulfillment technology as the most diverse and comprehensive. In addition, its developing the Novastore concept could be a winning long-term format.”

We offer full time employees a generous benefits package starting with your date of hire.

PAID TIME OFF

• No fixed limits on the number of workdays that you can take off for personal reasons, including vacations. You take what you need keeping in mind the demands of your team’s workload.

• 9 Paid Holidays.

MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION

• Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO and PPO options.
• Health Reimbursement plan where Alert Innovation reimburses you for deductible related expenses ($1,000 for individuals, $2,500 for families).
• Dental insurance thru Delta Dental of MA.
• Vision Plan thru VSP.
• Flexible Spending Account to enable you to pay health care and dependent care costs on a pre-tax basis.

INSURANCE

• Group Term Life Insurance at no cost to you, equal to three times your annual salary.
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance at no cost to you, equal to three times your annual salary.
• Short Term Disability Income Protection at no cost to you, equal to 70% of your weekly salary for up to 13 weeks.
• Long Term Disability Income Protection at no cost to you, equal to 66.67% of your monthly earnings.

RETIREMENT

• 401k Plan administered by Fidelity to enable you to save using pre-tax dollars.

PERSONAL/CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• 100% of cost of training for your current or near-term work needs including conferences and technical events.
• 50% reimbursement of tuition for programs aligned with career development goals including MBA and master’s from top schools (online via Coursera).
• 50% reimbursement of Nano Degrees (online via Udacity).
• Earn a Bachelor’s or Associates college degree from a fully accredited undergraduate program for only $5,000/year through our College For America benefit with Southern New Hampshire University.

OTHER

• Employee Assistance Program to assist with emotional health, parenting, eldercare, nutrition, legal and financial consultation needs.

The above list is only a summary of some of our benefits and is not meant to be a comprehensive explanation.

Alert Innovation is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.