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Employment Opportunities Frequently Asked Questions Questions or comments on Employment Opportunities?	Research Engineer 03-0000005 Payroll Category Sponsored Research Staff Date Opened 01/02/2003 School/Organization VP Research Department Institute For Soldier Nanotec Work Schedule M-F 9:00-5:00 Work Hours 100% Shift First Salary Range* (Annual Salary based on full time work schedule) $0 - $0 *Starting salary typically occurs within the first half of the salary range and will be commensurate with applicant experience. If salary range reads $0 - $0, this indicates that the position is either research related and salary is dependent on funding and applicant experience, or is located at Endicott House (MIT's Conference Center). Salary Grade EE Full-time/Part-time F Job Description RESEARCH ENGINEER, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, to support experimental research projects related to discovery, characterization, testing, and proof of concept demonstration of materials and devices for protection of soldiers from diverse threats. Responsibilities include construction, maintenance, and operation of apparatus that exposes nano-, meso-, and macroscale materials to various testing environments, e.g., wide ranging strain rates under conditions sufficiently well controlled to allow quantitative interpretation of observations in terms of mechanistic and engineering models and correlations suitable for product/process design and scaleup. REQUIREMENTS: an earned doctorate (Ph.D., Sc.D.) in experimental research in materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or other discipline related to mechanical design and testing. Seek a hands-on, laboratory-oriented team player who is comfortable working one-on-one or in a group with a diverse range of people. Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English and the ability to work on several demanding research projects. Must know or be willing to learn the operation of different experimental equipment for mechanical testing and characterization of the chemical composition and physical structure at the nanoscale. Equipment of particular interest includes gas guns and split Hopkinson bars for ballistic testing and FTIR, SEM, STEM, and FIB. Excellent skills required in all aspects of experimental diagnostics including specification, operation, and maintenance of equipment for on-line, real-time optical, and electrical measurements. Excellence interfacing data acquisition hardware and software to diverse experimental systems essential, as are good data interpretation skills. 03-0005 Location Cambridge ONLINE RESUME ENTRY Research Engineer 03-0000005 Please enter the appropriate information below and paste in your resume text below. A. Contact Information First Name * Middle Initial Last Name * Email Address Telephone Number B. Address Information Address City State Zip Code Are you legally authorized to accept employment in the United States? (Proof of employment eligibility will be required upon employment) Yes No C. Resume Information Submit Text of Resume in box Resumes and cover letters that are pasted in the fields must be in plain ASCII text with a maximum line width of 76 characters.  When you compose text, like a resume, in a word processing program, you can save the file that you are working on in ASCII by "saving" as a text only (.txt) file.  By following the tips for preparing a scannable resume, your information will be entered immediately into our Applicant database, no scanning required. D. Cover Letter Information (Submit Text of Cover Letter in box)   EMPLOYMENT POLICY MIT is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Questions or comments on Employment Opportunities?