Job Description

The Group seeks a talented, creative, and motivated assistant staff member to strengthen the Group's ability to provide rapid and innovative fabrication solutions. The successful candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary program team providing fabrication expertise, coordinating design for manufacturability reviews, facilitating fabrication activities, and developing fabrication plans that will be executed while working closely with internal shop operations. Responsibilities will include a wide variety of technical activities required to generate conceptual designs and translate those concepts into realized prototypes that demonstrate advanced technology. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to grow in many exciting areas such as program management, research and technology development, operations management, and contribute to the creation of a state-of-the-art fabrication capability through the implementation of advanced digital processes and the design of a new engineering and prototyping facility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, or equivalent
• Ability to thrive in a team environment and work independently
• Interest in continual learning of current and future fabrication technologies
• Ability to multi-task and drive issues to closure
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Hands-on experience with machine shop operations, including precision machining, diamond turning, polishing, or post-processing techniques
• Experience with additive manufacturing (3D printing) processes and their integration with traditional machining

Preferred Experience (not required)

• Experience utilizing digital engineering methodologies and data systems
• Experience with advanced mechanical and PCB assembly technologies
• Expertise in diamond turning and polishing for precision components
• Familiarity with CAD/CAM software for machining and additive manufacturing
• Knowledge of quality assurance practices for precision and additive manufacturing

Hiring Range: $100,600-$136,200

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including-but not limited to-the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work-life balance options
• ... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

Requisition ID: 43090