Operations Research Engineer

Job Description

Operations Research Engineer

Posting

Start Date:

10/31/25

Job Location (Short):
Tucson, Arizona, USA, 85706 | Tucson, Arizona, USA, 85706

Requisition

At Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions, we're not just talking about progress and innovation - we're making it happen. Our cutting‑edge Modular brand solutions are powering mines worldwide, driving efficiency and sustainability in ways that seemed impossible just years ago.

Modular Mining Systems is the global leader in mine management technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Our innovative technology powers mine operations in every corner of the globe. The products we cultivate, the solutions we engineer and the service we deliver set us apart in the Mining Technology industry. We are more than a company, we're a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: to revolutionize the way the mining industry operates.

With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation, and encourages you to think big, share ideas, and be yourself.

The Applied Sciences department designs and develops real‑time optimization engines for automated and manned systems across the mining value stream with special focus on load & haul operation. In addition, it researches and develops predictive models based on data analytics on the cloud and on the edge.

The Applied Sciences department is looking for an Operations Research Engineer to design and develop flexible and scalable solutions for some of the most complex challenges in large‑scale computing by utilizing skills in optimization models, algorithm design, data structures, and object‑oriented programming.

Up to 15%.

• Design and develop optimization models and algorithms with and without commercial solvers following established software development practices and processes.
• Develop and implement solutions to optimize and automate business decisions using large data sets and algorithms.
• Create low‑level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and diagrams.
• Develop proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback.
• Develop software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analyzing data and processes, and following established software development practices and processes.
• Understand applications domain and pro-actively interact with product teams to improve functional and nonfunctional aspects of platform components.
• Update and share knowledge by reading professional publications. And studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing technology.

Education:

• PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related.

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• M.Sc. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related with 2+ years' experience.

Skills:

• Experience in designing, implementing, and testing analytic and/or algorithmic solutions to business or operational problems.
• Background in design and development discrete, nonlinear, or stochastic mathematical optimization models and combinatorial optimization algorithms.
• Experience in decomposition approaches solving large-scale optimization problems.
• Experience with optimization modeling languages (e.g., Pyomo, GAMS) and solvers (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX)
• Expert in at least one major object-oriented programming language (C/C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, or Python)
• Understanding of data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Understanding of database theory and experience in at least one relational DBMS
• Strong computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Experience in Requirement/Design/Code Review, Parallel and Asynchronous programming, and software engineering best-practices, patterns, and anti-patterns
• Hands-on experience…