Position as Modeling and Optimization Engineer in Switzerland

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Hi everyone,

We are a startup developing software for decarbonizing cities. We’re currently looking for a Modeling and Optimization Engineer who will be responsible for developing, scaling, and accelerating our models of urban energy infrastructure. These models are primarily mathematical optimization models written in JuMP.

Please find more info and the application link here: https://www.urb.io/modeling-optimization-engineer

Looking forward to hear from you!

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Hello, very OT: please consider propose your customers (city councils) a very simple but effective solution to reduce a few pc of carbon emissions: adapt traffic light rotation frequency as a function of the (expected?) traffic… here where I live is fixed but it doesn’t make sense… long rotations (long greens and long reds) is great when there are many cars in a queue and time pass before everyone goes, but fast cycles are much better when there is no traffic. I thought several times to “show” it through a simulation model…

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Thanks for the reaction and input nonetheless! That’s indeed a problem worth addressing. However, our software is addressing the energy demand in buildings, rather than due to transportation. But maybe future development…

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Probably one of the best energy modeling software for buildings, if you are looking at the energy flow through the envelop is esp-r and it is open source as well. It will also do other things like PV, heating plant, some CFD. These programs are good at hourly simulation taking into account the weather, solar insolation, building insulation, building thermal mass, etc. Alas it is written in Fortran, not Julia.
I expect that is not your focus, but it is good to know the tools exist. There are many other similar tools, both for building simulation and window simulation.

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have a Swiss working permit or be eligible to work in Switzerland

As a canadian citizen, should I attempt to apply, or just save my time?

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Thank you for your interest, Omar! Yes, please apply nonetheless. We need to justify when hiring from “abroad” but for a Julia position this should be easier.