Solve score equation with vectors inside an exponential function

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I am trying to find the likelihood estimator for the vector of coefficients $\delta$ ($\delta$ is a column vector of size $(p \times 1)$). For that, I have to solve the following score equation

$$\sum_{i}^{n}\sum_{j}^{m_i}\left[ V_{ij}^T-r_{ij}\exp\left\lbrace V_{ij}\delta\right\rbrace V_{ij}^T \right]=0$$

$V_{ij}$ is a row vector of size $(1 \times p)$; $r_{ij}$ is a positive number.

How do I solve such an equation to find $\delta$?