AI Scientist, Planning (SCM)

The role

You will design and develop AI and optimization models for demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP decision support. This role involves building models for complex supply chain data and delivering them into a production platform.

What you will do

• Build demand forecasting models across industrial verticals
• Design supply planning and inventory optimization models across multi-echelon networks
• Formulate and solve optimization problems for production scheduling, allocation, and resource planning
• Build simulation and scenario analysis frameworks
• Define evaluation metrics, build backtesting pipelines, and run controlled experiments
• Integrate cross-domain signals from Avathon's Computational Knowledge Graph into planning models
• Own the path from research to production in collaboration with ML Engineering
• Mentor junior data scientists on technical depth and OR/ML fundamentals

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. or master’s degree in operations research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field
• 6+ years of industry experience in applied ML, optimization, or Supply Chain planning systems
• Deep experience in at least two of: demand forecasting, supply/inventory optimization, production scheduling, or S&OP analytics
• Proficiency in Python with hands-on experience in optimization solvers (Gurobi, CPLEX, OR-Tools, or similar) or forecasting libraries (Prophet, statsmodels, GluonTS, or similar)
• Strong foundation in statistical modeling
• Experience with supply chain and operational data - demand history, ERP/MRP transactions, and planning system outputs
• Ability to translate business problems into mathematical optimization or ML formulations
• Experience deploying models into production environments

Nice to have

• Ph.D. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or a related field
• Background in supply chain planning platforms or industrial AI (O9, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, or similar), preferably within the supply chain industry
• Experience with multi-echelon inventory optimization or network design
• Familiarity with probabilistic programming or Bayesian methods for demand sensing
• Experience with cloud ML infrastructure (AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex, or equivalent)
• Domain experience in energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, or logistics
• Track record of publishing or presenting applied OR/ML work

About the company

Avathon is an Industrial AI autonomy platform helping customers across heavy industries accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations. The platform uses a Computational Knowledge Graph to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management.