Process-Equipment Engineer I (Onsite)

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the well-being of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering has quietly resided among the top 5 aerospace engineering schools in the country for more than a decade - attracting the best minds to study on our Atlanta campus. With a faculty of more than 40 tenure-track professors and enrollment of more than 1,800, the School brings both breadth and depth to its research, scholarship, and instruction that few institutions can match. The Aerospace Engineering School at Georgia Tech is currently ranked #2 (Sept. 2023) in the nation for undergraduate programs and #4 (April 2023) in the nation for graduate programs.

Provide basic fabrication or characterization process and/or equipment engineering services within an academic or research unit. This position will interact on a regular basis with: faculty, staff, students, researchers, vendors and contractors. This position typically will advise and counsel: faculty, staff, students, researchers, vendors and contractors.This position will supervise: NA.

Job Duty 1 -
Perform basic design and installation of laboratory equipment and processes.The basic Fabrication stage involves running baseline introductory recipes for structures and films essential for various applications. This includes thin film deposition processes, where material layers are applied to a substrate to create specific properties; optical photolithography, which involves using light to transfer patterns onto a surface; and basic wet chemical etching, a method that removes material to shape features on a substrate. These processes provide the groundwork for further fabrication techniques and ensure a solid understanding of fundamental principles.

Job Duty 2 -
Review and provide input to engineering plans and specifications for laboratory equipment or processes.

Job Duty 3 -
Perform basic troubleshooting associated with laboratory equipment or processes; may involve calibration and repair work.

Job Duty 4 -
Prepare drawings, schematic diagrams and related documentation associated with laboratory equipment or processes.

Job Duty 5 -
Monitor expenses incurred; prepare related reports.

Job Duty 6 -
Interact with vendors regarding procurement and delivery issues.

Job Duty 7 -
Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience
One to two years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications: Candidate should have experience using CAD software to design parts and common machine shop tools. Candidate should have experience working with machinery; examples would include (but are not limited to) experience with combustion test rigs, assembling automotive engines, or maintaining hydraulic systems. Experience with data acquisition systems is desired. Candidate should be experienced with or willing to learn welding, plumbing, and electrical trades.

SKILLS
This job requires professional level knowledge and skills in the application of fabrication processes and equipment engineering principles, processes and practices. Skills in application of regulations, codes and safety practices associated with research laboratory conditions, as is the use of office and engineering/technical related computer applications, databases and systems.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Salary range: $67,855.00 - $75,000.00

Location: Onsite (Atlanta, GA)

Job grade: S5

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have financial responsibilities.
No, this position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Cd).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening

The Process-Equipment Engineer I role will effectively serve as a combustion test technician in the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab.

This position will work with teams of graduate students to deploy combustion test rigs and ensure their safe operation, help graduate students design and manufacture parts and assemble their experiments. This position will also be present during operation of the experiments and will provide troubleshooting as needed to help ensure the success of the experiments. Successful completion of these tasks will require working with machining tools and metalworking, including cutting and welding. It will also involve plumbing fuels, oxidizers and hot gases, instrumenting and wiring experiments. These skills will be learned and developed on the job.

Details include:

* Designing parts for combustion test rigs and overseeing their fabrication

* Assisting with assembly, maintenance, and repair of combustion test experiments

* Providing oversight and assistance with operation of combustion experiments

* Assisting with instrumenting and wiring experiments, configuring flow control equipment, plumbing fuels, oxidizers, and hot gases