Working Student (f/m/d) - Reinforcement Learning in Pallet Building Optimization

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We help the world run betterOur company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!What You’ll DoPallet building is a fundamental optimization problem in logistics. Given a list of unpacked items, the main objective is to minimize the number of required pallets to ship all items.The goal of this project is to evaluate Reinforcement Learning approaches in the context of a pallet building metaheuristic optimizer. Although involved local search operators in the existing metaheuristic find an adequate solution in most cases, complex scenarios result in a large solution space which cannot be fully exploited in a feasible amount of time.The candidate will evaluate both from a theoretical and practical perspective whether and how Reinforcement Learning can improve the solution quality of the existing pallet building optimizer.What You Bring

• Student (f/m/d) at a university or a university of applied sciences
• Preferred fields of study: Mathematics, Informatics, Operations Research
• Computer skills: Python, C++ (or the willingness to learn it)
• Language skills: fluent in English, German is a plus
• Soft skills: You are a technical-affine person and a good communicator.
• Others: Experience with Reinforcement Learning concepts is a plus

Meet your teamThe DSC optimization team’s mission is to develop and maintain state-of-the-art optimization for supply chain management. Developed optimization engines support SAP customers to maximize efficiency in various areas, including logistics (vehicle routing, pallet building), and order-based planning.Your set of application documents should contain a cover letter, a resume in table form, school leaving certificates, certificate of enrollment, current university transcript of records, copies of any academic degrees already earned, and if available, references from former employers (including internships). Please also describe your experience and skills in foreign languages and computer programs / programming languages.#Workingstudent #Werkstudent #Germany #Deutschland #Student #LIHybridWe build breakthroughs togetherSAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.We win with inclusionSAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.Requisition ID: 373188 | Work Area: Software-Research | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Part Time | Additional Locations: