Research Engineer / Scientist – Optimization

Percepta
New York, Boston
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: phdSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Ownership"]

Research Engineer/Scientist (Optimization) at Percepta develops data-driven decision-making methods by blending machine learning with rigorous optimization. Collaborating with Embedded Product Managers and engineers, you’ll drive ambitious research programs, build simulators and benchmarks, and translate research into practical, high-impact solutions for critical industries like healthcare, supply chains, energy, and finance.

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Percepta
Percepta
11 months ago

Research Engineer / Scientist – Optimization

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Job Summary

Research Engineer/Scientist (Optimization) at Percepta develops data-driven decision-making methods by blending machine learning with rigorous optimization. Collaborating with Embedded Product Managers and engineers, you’ll drive ambitious research programs, build simulators and benchmarks, and translate research into practical, high-impact solutions for critical industries like healthcare, supply chains, energy, and finance.
Location: New York, Boston
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set and drive ambitious research programs that expand what’s achievable in data-driven decision-making.
  • •Invent new optimization-and-ML methods for high-impact problems such as planning, scheduling, routing, pricing, and inventory.
  • •Build high-fidelity simulators and rigorous benchmarks that mirror real-world constraints, uncertainty, and multi-objective trade-offs.
  • •Bridge research into practice by partnering with our engineers to rapidly prototype solutions and implement successful research ideas.

Key Requirements

  • •Hold a degree in Computer Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Applied Mathematics (MS/PhD preferred) or have equivalent research/industry experience.
  • •Have depth in operations or mathematical optimization (LP/MIP/MINLP, CP, stochastic/robust optimization, causal inference).
  • •Have experience in novel machine learning techniques for Operations Research.
  • •Are comfortable implementing and debugging large-scale optimization systems.
  • •Are motivated by impact in healthcare, supply chains, energy, and finance.
Experience:Operations ResearchOptimizationApplied AI
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationOwnership
Tech Stack:MLOptimizationLPMIPMINLPCPStochastic optimizationCausal inferenceSimulation

Company Brief

Percepta
Percepta (Percepta Labs) builds ethical, real-time computer-vision video analytics for retail loss prevention, focusing on privacy-preserving shoplifting detection and bias mitigation for retailers and institutions.
Industry: Surveillance & Security Hardware
Company Size: Micro (1 to 10 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Philadelphia, United States
Founded: 2019
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