# Senior AI Scientist – Planning Pleasanton, California, United States at SparkCognition

- Company: SparkCognition
- What the company does: Physical AI for industrial operations. One knowledge graph of your assets, processes, people, and locations, with agents that return the plan rather than the alert.
- Company website: https://avathon.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $160K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://avathon.com/company/careers/senior-ai-scientist-planning-4680602005/
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sparkcognition-senior-ai-scientist-planning-pleasanton-california-united-states/

## About the role

As a Senior AI Scientist – Planning, you will design and develop the AI and optimization models that power Avathon's planning intelligence - demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP decision support for customers across energy, mining, manufacturing, and logistics.

## What they're looking for

- Ph.D. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or a related field
- Background in supply chain planning platforms or industrial AI (o9, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, or similar), preferably within the supply chain industry
- Experience in supply chain planning platforms or industrial AI (o9 Solutions, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, or similar) preferably from Supply Chain industry
- Experience with multi-echelon inventory optimization or network design
- Familiarity with probabilistic programming or Bayesian methods for demand sensing
- Experience with cloud ML infrastructure (AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex, or equivalent)