Engineer
City: West Lafayette
Job Description:
Job SummaryThis position will provide oversight and leadership of the creation of autonomous experimental workflows within the Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratory to create alloy-carbide mixtures exhibiting paradigm-breaking high-temperature properties. The engineer will ensure that the laboratory will be nearly fully autonomous within three years and fully connected digitally to cloud-based simulation and metadata capture tools by collaborating with the AI/ML/digital team.
What You'll Be Doing:- Provide project oversight and hands-on work for design, fabrication, and implementation of autonomous workflows
- Operate equipment and perform experiments for internal and external user
- Mentor postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students
- Participate in weekly meetings, assist in writing/preparing reports
What We're Looking For:Education and Experience:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's with 5 years of experience in manufacturing, robotics, or related fields
- Equivalencies may be accepted (i.e. Associates and 8 years of experience, Master's and 3 years of experience, or PhD and 1-2 years of experience)
- Preferred: Master's and 3 or PhD and 1-2 years of experience in manufacturing, robotics, or related fields
Skills needed:
Ideal candidates will have experience in several of the following areas: Mechanical design, manufacturing and testing machine installation, operation, and maintenance, Materials synthesis or advanced manufacturing, Laboratory automation and robotics, Digital programming such as ROS, Unity, Isaac Sim, etc, High-throughput or autonomous experimentation, AI or machine learning for scientific research, Characterization of advanced materials, Ceramics, refractory alloys, 2D materials synthesis, including MAX phases and MXenes.
Additional Information:- Purdue's benefits summary https://www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A background check will be required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
Career StreamCompensation Information:
Professional 3
Pay Band S075
Link to Purdue University's Compensation Guidelines: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/mngcareer/compguidelines/index.php
