Research Scientist: Rockwell Automation, Advanced Technology, USA



The Advanced Technology group at Rockwell Automation 

(http://www.rockwellautomation.com) has a research position available for 

an optimization and control scientist at its Austin, Texas location. The 

successful candidate will join a dynamic research team to develop 

innovative optimization and control solutions for a diverse range of 

applications that will put the candidate’s technical and leadership skills 

to test. The specific activities will focus on fast optimization-based 

control for large-scale nonlinear processes.



Required Skills:

•	Strong Background in process modeling and control.

•	Solid background in optimization algorithms. The ability to develop 

problem specific solvers that exploit problem structure to achieve 

favorable computational properties is a definite plus.

•	Good programming background with languages such as C/C++ or Python.



Desired Skills:

•	Creativity and can do attitude to find novel solutions to 

challenging problems.

•	Ability to communicate effectively with people of diverse technical 

backgrounds and across technologies, disciplines and functions.

•	Experience with the implementation of numerical algorithms in 

computational applications.



Education Requirements:

•	Graduate degree (preferably Ph.D) in Engineering, Physics, or 

Computer Science specializing in one or more of the following: Advanced 

process control, computational efficiency of optimization algorithms, large-

scale optimization.



Salary and contract conditions: 

•	Compensation package will be commensurate with the qualifications 

of the applicant.

•	Minimal travel requirements.



Please send your application (including a full CV) to Bijan Sayyar-Rodsari 

([log in to unmask]).