Job No. 155818
- Job Title:
- Staff Mechanical Engineer
- Employer:
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Mercer University
- Location:
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Warner Robins , GA
- Posting Date:
- 07-Jul-2025
- Description:
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Job Details:
Mercer Engineering Research Center (MERC), a research institute of Mercer University, provides high quality engineering, scientific, and technical support services to both government and private industry customers. MERC is recruiting for a Staff Mechanical Engineer for its Electronic Warfare and Avionics Directorate and Mechanical product areas.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for assisting in the design and performing assigned detailed engineering efforts in the assigned discipline under the guidance of an engineer, including but not limited to the following tasks:
o Analysis of existing technology applications, processes, and products, taking into consideration costs, life cycle considerations, reliability, maintainability, productivity, and long-term support.
o Performing intensive technology research & evaluation of a broad array of alternative solutions to improve existing implementations.
o Defining and implementing advanced technological implementations and evaluations to provide risk reduction & determine production feasibility of improved and alternate technological implementations.
o Designing, implementing, and achieving operational status of advanced technological and engineering approaches to satisfy customer needs.
• Responsible for participation in detailed cross functional engineering communication, design, evaluation, and implementations achieving novel and unique functionality and capability through multi-disciplined engineering applications through:
o Participation in multidiscipline design teams and process action team efforts.
o Preparing and presenting design alternatives to a multidiscipline review peer group.
o Preparing and implementing designs that apply multidiscipline solutions achieving breakthrough performance and unique technological applications.
• Responsible for assisting in providing technical interface with present and perspective customers through the following activities:
o Diagnosing existing and perspective customer needs and opportunities through informal and formal interaction to understand present operations and limitations and customer priorities and needs.
o Preparing and presenting detailed technical presentations, using information gathered both directly and indirectly, to provide customer insight into technological capabilities that could significantly improve operations.
o Ensuring strong technical communication and understanding through use of terms, design illustrations, and operating paradigms common to the customer experience.
• Provides detailed technical information to lead engineer to allow tracking of cost, schedule, and technical risk assessments at all stages of implementation.
• Ensures familiarity with all MERC core capabilities and with current and potential customer base.
• During all customer contacts, remains alert for any potential problems or opportunities that could possibly lead to additional business for any MERC core capability area.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
-US Citizenship is required.
-Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
-An undergraduate degree in a relevant engineering field (Mechanical, Aerospace) from an ABET accredited institution.
-Experience with basic principles of drafting, CAD, statics, dynamics, strength of materials, and stress calculations.
-Additional requirements may be added as appropriate and as specified in the specific Personnel Requisition Form.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
-Experience in using NASTRAN, AFGROW, NX, LSDYNA, ABAQUS, SolidWorks, MATLAB/Python/, LabView, ANSYS, or other modeling and simulation tools.
-Experience with structural testing, instrumentation, and data reduction.
Final rank will be determined on the qualifications of the selected candidate.
Application must include a cover letter and resume.
- Contact information:
- Mercer University
- Warner Robins, GA 31207
- United States
- Employer's Website:
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