RTS Engineer

Emerson Group

$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficiency with discrete event simulation tools (e.g., FlexSim, Simio, Technomatix)
  • Strong understanding of probability and statistics
  • Ability to develop programmatic software solutions independently (e.g., C#, C++)
  • Experience with mathematical modeling and scripting languages (e.g., VBA, Python, Matlab)
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for customer interactions
  • Ability to travel up to 15%

Responsibilities

  • Model complex manufacturing processes using discrete event simulation
  • Apply consultative skills in customer meetings to integrate diverse data sources into RTS software
  • Develop algorithms for experiments, data visualization, and efficiency improvements
  • Implement and support RTS software, collaborating with clients on upgrades
  • Partner with Technology teams for product testing and feature development
  • Deliver projects on budget and timelines while ensuring customer satisfaction

Benefits

  • Flexible, competitive benefits plans for physical, mental, financial, and social needs
  • Variety of medical insurance plans with dental and vision coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) and tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave and vacation/holiday leave
  • Commitment to ongoing career development and mentorship opportunities
  • Supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and collaboration
Full Job Description
Job Description

This role can be located in one of the following Emerson office locations: Blue Bell, PA, Durham, NC, Austin, TX, Houston, TX, St. Louis, MO, or Kansas City, KS.

In this critical role, you will support our global Life Sciences Professional Services team to implement Emerson's Real-Time Scheduling (RTS) / Discrete Event Simulation (DES) solutions to develop finite scheduling, debottlenecking, and capacity analysis of complex manufacturing processes. You will guide our Life Sciences industry customers through best practices, support software deployment, and, ultimately, help optimize their critical manufacturing operations.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
• Use discrete event simulation to model complex manufacturing processes, including debottlenecking and capacity engineering.
• Apply consultative skills in customer-facing meetings to understand processes and integrate diverse data sources into RTS software.
• Develop algorithms for design of experiments, data visualization, optimization, and efficiency improvements.
• Implement and support RTS software, collaborating with clients to incorporate upgrades and enhancements.
• Partner with Technology teams on product testing and feature development.
• Deliver projects within budget and timelines while ensuring customer satisfaction.

Who You Are:

You are motivated to understand customer needs and are excited to apply your technical knowledge to help solve real-world manufacturing challenges and deliver value through RTS solutions. You bring collaborative mindset and communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders, asking thoughtful questions, sharing ideas clearly, and contributing to team alignment and collaboration. You focus on delivering results by taking initiative on assigned tasks, managing your priorities, and following through to support successful project outcomes. You demonstrate strong learning agility, quickly building new skills and adapting to new tools, technologies, and environments while continuously improving your ability to solve complex problems.

For This Role, You Will Need:
• Bachelor's degree, with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency with discrete event simulation tools (e.g., FlexSim, Simio, Technomatix).
• Strong understanding of probability and statistics.
• Ability to independently develop programmatic software solutions for novel problems (e.g., C#, C++).
• Experience with mathematical modeling and scripting languages (e.g., VBA, Python, Matlab).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for customer interactions.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
• Experience in the Life Sciences manufacturing industry.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Demonstrated success working collaboratively in both leadership and individual contributor roles.

Our Culture and Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives-because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family's physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

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