Chelsea Chen

Siyuan · 思远

Industrial Engineer at Applied Materials

Austin, Texas

Chelsea Chen

About

Hi! I'm Chelsea — an Industrial Engineer at Applied Materials focused on semiconductor manufacturing logistics and warehouse automation. I build tools and data pipelines that help operations run smoothly and improve efficiency.

I hold an M.S. in Operations Research from UT Austin and a B.S. in Financial Statistics from CUHK-Shenzhen. Outside of work, you'll find me hiking around Austin, at Pilates, or volunteering with the Austin Humane Society.

Experience

  1. June 2025 — Present

    Logistics Industrial Engineer | Analysis Automation Applied Materials · Austin, TX

    • Automated warehouse assignment tools and inventory replenishment pipelines, achieving 95% accuracy and saving 20+ hours of engineering effort per week.
    • Built end-to-end process models and capacity forecasting workflows using Databricks and PostgreSQL, reducing analysis cycle times from hours to minutes.
    • Python
    • Excel
    • ARIS
    • Databricks
    • PostgreSQL
    • API Integration
  2. June 2024 — Dec 2024

    Financial Data Analyst Intern CDK Global · Austin, TX

    • Built ETL pipelines and Tableau dashboards for SaaS metrics, improving data extraction efficiency by 25% and reducing reporting time by 11%.
    • Enhanced financial reporting and streamlined cross-team processes, reducing forecast variance by 8% and recovering $30K in unclaimed funds.
    • SQL
    • Oracle
    • Alteryx
    • Tableau
    • Excel
  3. July 2022 — Sept 2022

    Product Analyst Intern Tencent | Tencent Education · Shenzhen, China

    • Designed A/B tests and automated dashboards tracking LTV and CAC, boosting revenue by 6% and reducing churn by 8%.
    • SQL
    • Tableau
    • A/B Testing
    • EDA
    • Python

Education

  1. Sept 2023 — June 2025

    M.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering

    The University of Texas at Austin

    GPA: 3.7/4.0

    Linear/Integer Programming, Decision Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Statistical Methods

  2. Sept 2019 — June 2023

    B.S. in Financial Statistics First Class Honors

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

    GPA: 3.6/4.0

    Teaching Assistant/Grader — Mathematical Statistics

Skills

Industrial Engineering

  • Process Mapping
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Warehouse Optimization

Data Analytics

  • SQL (PostgreSQL)
  • Databricks / Spark
  • Python
  • API Data Integration

Project Management

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Smartsheet
  • Microsoft Project

Visualization

  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Excel (Power Pivot, Power Query)
  • Matplotlib