CareerPlan

Data Scientist, Fleet Orchestration Algorithms

Foster City, CAFull-time2026-10-21 → 2026-11-11

Core

Build fleet simulation environments to develop, test, and evaluate algorithms for autonomous vehicle dispatch, routing, and assignment.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (operations research & optimization)

Builds

Fleet simulation environment and orchestration algorithms

Domain

Autonomous vehicles, transportation, operations research

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

combinatorial/integer optimization, stochastic optimization, control theory, reinforcement learning, network flows, marketplace/demand modeling, Python, C++, Rust

Preferred skills

experience in ride-hailing, delivery, or logistics fleets, algorithms deployed in production, publications in operations research

Responsibilities

Design and deploy algorithms for vehicle assignment, staging, routing, and pricing; model inputs as objectives and constraints; measure impact on revenue and utilization through simulation and experiments; collaborate with marketplace and autonomy specialists.