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Durham, NC

Internship

Onsite

Intern

Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, and they are seeking an Operations Research Intern. The role involves supporting the business in its digitization journey through prescriptive analytics and developing scheduling methods to improve operational efficiency.

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Responsibilities

Academic research on state-of-the-art methods for scheduling
Technical development of optimization methods in the given Syngenta framework
Team-work mindset enabling the integration of data sources with technologies across functional boundaries
Communicate with colleagues in other countries and other time zones
Collaborate and partner with key stakeholders in both IT and Business Analytics to deliver the next generation optimization solutions
Help drive the creation of new models and capabilities that will leapfrog from the traditional approach and accelerate new ways of thinking
Analyze business requirements and processes and ultimately translate them into the optimization space through use cases, test cases, preparation of training data sets and iterative algorithm development
Implement Optimization methods. Validate designs through a series of purpose-designed testcases
Report on technical issues or questions and make recommendations and collaborate with IT to implement sustainable solutions
Constantly be on the lookout for ways to improve the solution, including the end-user interface, discover issues and deliver better value to the stakeholders
Perform academic research of most promising papers to determine good methods to implement
Discover new algorithms to solve problems and build programs to automate repetitive work if necessary
Build a benchmark using existing models that can potentially be customized for the project needs through the integration of the required variables
Ability to deploy the model in production giving the stakeholders access to the results in a manner that the output is easily understood by the business

Qualification

Required

Operations Research - Math, Computer Science, or related field of study
Strong English written and verbal communication skills
Solid Team player attitude
Passion for solution delivery and stakeholder engagement
Knowledge of prescriptive, modelling, and development tools and experience working with data
Ability to write scientific codes with following languages: Python with Pandas (Preferred and can be used as a substitute to R-language) and corresponding modules (pandas, gurobipy, ortools), C++, Any other prescriptive modeling language
Knowledge of operations research algorithms applied to scheduling
Problem solving skills with the ability to design optimization pipelines, which may include data ingestion and data delivery
Strong analytical capabilities
Basic knowledge of SQL and data visualization tools (matlab, ggplot, plotly, qliksense, tableau, etc.)
Experience with version control tools such as Git to efficiently track the project from A to Z
Problem solving skills with the ability to design optimization algorithms, which may include data Working with cross-functional / organizational / geography people and teams

Preferred

Benefits

Syngenta is an agriculture company provides products and solutions to help farmers achieve global food security for a growing population. It is a sub-organization of Syngenta Group.

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