Senior Logistics Engineer

As a Senior Logistics Engineer, you apply engineering methods to optimize supply chain and distribution operations. You design warehouse layouts, optimize transportation routes, develop material handling systems, implement automation, and use data analysis to improve logistics performance. The senior title means you're leading logistics engineering projects and making strategic recommendations about logistics infrastructure.

Your day combines engineering analysis with operational reality. You might model warehouse throughput using simulation software, then design a new pick-and-pack workflow, then analyze transportation cost data to recommend network changes, then evaluate automated conveyor systems from competing vendors. You need industrial engineering skills, supply chain knowledge, and the ability to work within the constraints of existing operations.

The constant challenge is optimization under constraints. The theoretically optimal warehouse layout might be impossible given the existing building. The ideal transportation route might violate driver hours-of-service regulations. You're finding the best achievable solution, not the perfect one — and convincing operations teams to implement changes to workflows they've used for years.