Research Engineer (Open Rank)

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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.

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Forest Park, GA

About the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the largest producers of electrical engineers and computer engineers in the United States. Almost 2,600 students are enrolled in the School's graduate and undergraduate programs, and in the last academic year, 801 degrees were awarded. All ECE undergraduate and graduate programs are in the top five of the most recent college rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

In addition to the main campus in Atlanta, Georgia, ECE also has permanent operations at Georgia Tech-Lorraine in France. Graduate students who spend at least one semester each at of the Georgia Tech locations (Atlanta, Lorraine, on two continents, North America and Europe) can earn the Georgia Tech Global Engineering Immersion Program (GEIP) Certificate when they receive the Georgia Tech M.S. degree.

Over 110 ECE faculty members are involved in 11 areas of research and education: bioengineering, computer systems and software, digital signal processing, electrical energy, electromagnetics, electronic design and applications, nanotechnology, optics and photonics, systems and controls, telecommunications, and VLSI systems and digital design: and the School is either home to or a key player in almost 20 research centers and consortia.

ECE is key to Georgia Tech's growing reputation as an internationally recognized educational and research and development university. ECE is firmly committed to sustaining excellence in traditional areas of strength and venturing into burgeoning areas of opportunity.

The National Electric Energy Testing, Research and Applications Center (NEETRAC) is looking for an experienced mechanical engineer to develop and conduct applied research projects in its high voltage and medium voltage testing laboratories located in Forest Park, GA, just south of downtown Atlanta.

NEETRAC strives to be a globally recognized center of excellence in electric power research and applications by advancing industry knowledge. The center operates as a membership focused consortium that includes electric utilities, equipment manufacturers and related entities in the electric energy arena. The diverse interests of the consortium enable NEETRAC personnel to participate in a dynamic work environment that has extensive interaction with real world issues and opportunities.

You will work at the limits of knowledge in the electric power transmission and distribution industry. Electric utility and product manufacturers call NEETRAC when they need to solve unique non-standard problems for which they do not have in-house capabilities. Engineers at NEETRAC become internationally recognized experts, providing unbiased, fact-based information that increases the safety and reliability of the electric grid.

As a part of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, NEETRAC provides solid benefits and competitive compensation packages. The job level will depend on the relevance of the candidate's skills, experience and degree(s).

Visit www.neetrac.gatech.edu for more information about our impact on the power delivery industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage research and testing projects, which involves:
• Serving as Principal Investigator of research projects
• Conceptualizing and developing scopes, schedules, and budgets
• Writing detailed test plans and following international standards
• Coordinating testing activities, schedules, resources, technicians, etc.
• Coordinating project activities with other NEETRAC engineers as needed (projects are frequently multifaceted, requiring multiple experts on a project)
• In many cases, you will be actively involved in the testing itself, so you should be hands-on and capable of working in a laboratory setting
• Analyzing test data
• Writing test reports
• Writing extensive research reports
• Preparing and delivering technical presentations to groups 45+ engineers
• Communicating with customers on project status and results

Develop as an industry expert in your field, which involves:

• Building a book of work addressing real world power delivery issues
• Consulting with Member utilities and manufacturers on individual topics
• Presenting work at board meetings, forums, and international committee meetings
• Attending or serving in leadership positions on various standards development committees meetings (IEEE, ASTM, ANSI, etc.)
• Publishing technical papers and articles
• Serving as a NEETRAC representative at industry conferences and events
  

This position vacancy is an open rank announcement. Final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook (https://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/faculty-handbook/3.2.1-research-faculty-hiring-and-promotion-guidelines)

Research Engineer I

• A Bachelor's degree

Research Engineer II

• A Master's degree and three (3) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or
• A Master's degree and five (5) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree, or
• A Doctoral degree.

Senior Research Engineer

• A Master's degree in related area, and seven (7) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or
• A Master's degree in related area, and nine (9) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree, or
• A Doctoral degree in related area, and four (4) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree.

Education and licenses

• A Bachelors, Masters (preferred), or PhD degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related degree
• An engineering license in any state or territory or the ability to obtain a license within one year

Experience

• Experience in electric utility standards, line design, line operations, operations and maintenance, research, protection and controls, testing, or other areas
• Experience in a test laboratory including environmental, mechanical, high voltage, medium voltage, and high power
• Experience in design of electric utility products
• Experience in failure analysis and component evaluation
• Experience in asset management or operations research with an emphasis on component population statistics, managing physical infrastructure, risk characterization and mitigation, etc.
• Experience using standards and specifications, with a preference for standards development with standards development organizations (IEEE, ASCE, ASTM, UL, CSA or similar). Experience serving/contributing on standards development committees would be valuable.
• Experience using hand tools and instruments, as well as a willingness to perform hands on work
  

Skills

• Ability to work in a team, leveraging other engineers expertise
• Ability to work at depth and breadth
• Depth in test procedure design, methods and data analysis
• Breadth in types products tested
• Ability to design custom/unique test methods
• Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel
• Ability to explain complex technical issues to pseudo-technical audiences in reports and presentations
• Ability to travel to standards development committee meetings at least two weeks per year. Candidates with more international standards development involvement and/or customer business development involvement will be able to travel more frequently.

For additional information about this job opening, please contact:

Linda Dillon: linda.dillon@ece.gatech.edu

Shalonda Williams: Shalonda.Williams@ece.gatech.edu

Lucretia Allen: Lucretia.allen@ece.gatech.edu

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