Research Engineer in Multi-agent Simulation of

Join IRT SystemX to imagine and design a safer, more efficient and more sustainable digital world. Working alongside our industrial and academic partners, our engineers and researchers address new uses cases that respond to major societal and technological challenges. Together, we are accelerating the digital transformation of industries, services and territories.

Would you like to be part of an enthusiastic team with recognized expertise? Join our 140 employes and play an active part in the development of a world-class technological research institute (IRT) in the field of digital systems engineering. You will discover our collaborative R&D projects in a world-class scientific campus: the Paris-Saclay cluster.

Your role: to strengthen the “Scientific Computation and Optimization” research team. You will be involved in collaborative R&D projects applied to the mobility and logistics sectors.

**Job description**:
You will report directly to the head of the Scientific Computing and Optimization team, and report operationally to the project managers. The position is based in Palaiseau.
- Your main tasks:

- Analyze industrial use cases: identify the scientific and technological obstacles to be overcome;
- Design solutions: methodologies, architecture, technological solutions;
- Develop proofs of concept;
- Analyze results;
- Document work and participate in transferring results;
- Communicate in conferences or reference journals;
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the Institute’s scientific and technological roadmap.

Levels of responsibility and autonomy will vary according to your experience.

**SKILLS**

You will contribute to projects focused on modeling transportation systems. To do so, you will draw on proven skills in the following areas:

- Data management: processing, analysis and visualization of raw data from the transport and energy sectors;
- Simulation: multi-agent and 4-step approach;
- Optimization: routing algorithms and combinatorial optimization.

**MISSIONS**

Within the framework of specific projects, your tasks will include:

- Urban and suburban mobility:

- Design methods and scenarios for a multi-agent simulation tool (MATSim);
- Develop and run simulations, validate results;
- Valuation of simulation outputs;
- Integrate developments into the LIAISON platform.
- The intersection of mobility and energy issues:

- Draw up a technological roadmap to bring the LIAISON platform to maturity;
- Develop specific components: data processing and simulation;
- Integrate developments into the LIAISON platform.

Keywords: transport, mobility, energy, multi-agent system, simulation, modeling, digital twin

**Profil**:
You have an engineering degree, master’s or doctorate in computer science, data science or applied mathematics.

Professional and interpersonal skills:

- Curiosity, initiative, analytical skills and rigor;
- Adaptability and autonomy;
- Ability to work in project mode: monitoring and progress of work, promotion and communication of results;
- Good interpersonal skills, ability to work as part of a team;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English.

For this position based within the Paris-Saclay cluster (91), occasional travel is to be expected in the Paris region. You work on attractive projects and benefit from advantages such as: remote work 10 days per month, an employer subsidy for catering and meal vouchers, 3 weeks of vacation in addition to the legal one, additional vacation based on seniority, a time savings account, a highly efficient mutual insurance, 1% housing, an economic and social committee, a partnership with Science Accueil allowing foreign employees to obtain support in administrative procedures.

**During our recruitment process, you meet the team leader, the project manager and a collaborator from the HR department and possibly the Research & Technology Director of our institute or the Scientific Director for positions with a strong research dimension.**

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**Informations clés**:
**Type de contrat**: CDI
**Localisation du poste **:Cluster Paris Saclay (91)
**Référence de l’offre** : DOP 301

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**Keywords: transport, mobility, energy, multi-agent system, simulation, modeling, digital twin.