Assistant Research Engineer

Job Title

Assistant Research Engineer

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering

Department

Engineering Human Resources

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

JOB DUTIES:      

Enable unique high strain rate materials characterization, testing, and modeling capabilities by tightly integrating expertise in high strain rate materials behavior and multi-physics multiscale numerical algorithm development and implementation using Agile Development. Direct the procurement, installation, calibration of a two-stage light gas gun and associated diagnostic equipment in the TAMUS Hypervelocity Impact (HVI) Laboratory. Establish the TAMUS HVI Laboratory as a test bed for the development and tailoring of novel layered structures comprised of metals, ceramics, composites, polymers, soft materials, gels, and geomaterials to mitigate HVIs. Oversee the characterization and tailoring of target material microstructures to dissipate the maximum energy during HVIs. Facilitate the development of novel multiscale models for predicting the high strain rate materials responses using materials characterization and HVI test data, and post-HVI forensic materials evaluation. Design new sets of interdisciplinary experiments and simulations involving layered target structures comprised of hard and soft materials. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Ph.D. in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or related field and completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, thesis, or dissertation or one year of experience involving each of the following: Mechanical testing, material characterization, and computational modeling activities related to high-strain rate materials; Operating two-stage light-gas guns and associated diagnostics; Using basic laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, data acquisition equipment, and microscopes; Performing numerical modeling associated with impact simulations using LS-DYNA, Abaqus or any other finite element software; Machining and fabrication techniques related to aerospace composites and metallic materials; Fatigue and fracture testing of aerospace materials (metals, composites, and polymers) and related analysis and response predictions; Proposal writing, journal publications, technical reports, technical program summaries, and PowerPoint presentations; and Microsoft teams, project and any other project management software.

40 hrs. wk. Apply at https://tees.tamu.edu/engr-hr/career-opportunities.html and refer to Req # R-040729.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

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