The Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department is searching for a Research Engineer - Manufacturing to join their team. This is a regular full-time position and is eligible for benefits.

Job Summary:

An outstanding individual is needed to plan and coordinate the manufacturing, acquisition, refurbishment, testing, calibration, and shipment of a braod range of oceanographic moored and mobile infrastructure equipment. This activity will support the National Science Foundation (NSF) - funded Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI.). WHOI leads the Coastal and Global Observatories (CGO) portion of the OOI. The CGO program will develop, produce, field and support multiple arrays of coastal and global moored and mobile oceanographic infrastructure as part of a new, unified system of ocean observatories.

This appointment will be made to the technical staff in the Department of Applied Ocean Phyiscs and Engineering to the Research Engineer Level.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinate and oversee the acquisition and tracking of materials and supplies to support the manufacture of new equipment
• Develop, adapt and document systems and processes required to track material and fabricated/purchased equipment during its complete lifecycle using Material Resource Planning (MRP) and Asset Tracking softeware tools
• Coordinate with the QA/QC Engineer to enable and document quality processes throughout the lifecycle of observatory systems and resources
• Schedule and document production tests of assemblies and subassemblies including performance and integration tests and longer-term operational burn-in
• Track and document performance of deployed equipment and maintain contact with widely-distributed personnel in the field
• Work with the operations, sustaining engineering, and quality assurance efforts in the project to continuously improve the performance of observatory systems and components, and the effectiveness and efficiencies of operations efforts
• Schedule, track and document maintenance, refurbishment, and operations activities

Project management experience, a working knowledge of material production and maintenance practices, and experience in production testing and data analysis is essential. Familiarity with MATLAB or other analysis languages, with programming, data analysis, sensors, calibration procedures would be a plus.

The successful candidate will possess strong communication skills, demonstrated leadership ability, supervisory experience and experience working independently as well as in a team environment. The candidate must be able to demonstrate and document experience working on significant engineering efforts.

Education Desired:

Bachelor's Degree in an engineering or appropriate field with more than five years of related experience or Master's Degree in an engineering or appropriate field with several years of related experience. Successful candidates will have demonstrated the technical skill, motivation, independence and creativity necessary to complete difficult engineering tasks and lead engineering teams.

Up to 1 month/year of sea duty may be required.

Must be able to obtain TWIC card.

WHOI is sensitive to the issues of dual career candidates and will work with applicants to address them.

WHOI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V/EOE.
WHOI is a member of the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
NEHERC

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