Research Engineer II
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Ensured Consideration Date: September 30, 2026 (metadata)
- Michigan Technological University description (about the university)
- Summary: seeking a Research Engineer II, for our Advanced Power Systems Research Center.
- Description of APSRC matrix structure.
- Responsibilities And Essential Duties: list of duties.
- Required Education, Certifications, Licensures: BS Degree Required
- Experience: 4 – 6 yrs of related work history for entry into level.
- Desirable Education and/or Experience: Additional degree beyond minimum requirement, Additional BS in a different discipline or MS or PhD (preferred), Additional years of professional experience beyond minimum requirement, Licensed Professional Engineer, Experience Teaching Lean & 6-sigma training and application.
- Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: list.
- Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: Experience working on research projects with at least a CUI security clearance.
- Work Environment and/or Physical Demands: description.
- Required Training And Other Conditions Of Employment: list of required trainings.
- Background Check statement.
- Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=1, FLSA Status Exempt, Appointment Term 12 months.
- Pay Rate/Salary: anticipated salary range $83 - $110,000; final salary negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
- Title of Position Supervisor Manager (maybe irrelevant)
- Posting Type Internal and External
- Dependent on Funding Yes
- Additional Information: position contingent upon continued availability of external funding. Full ensured consideration will be given to applicants who apply on or before September 30, 2026. To perform this job successfully... (boilerplate). If you require any auxiliary aids... (contact). Other Conditions Of Employment: eligibility to work in US. EEO statement. Annual Security and Fire Safety Report etc. Drug-Free Schools etc. Required Education, Certifications, Licensures* (minimum requirements) (duplicate).
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, contact info, etc. Also remove duplicated lines like "Required Education, Certifications, Licensures" appears twice. Keep substantive info: university description, summary, responsibilities, required education/experience, desirable education/experience, required knowledge/skills/abilities, desirable knowledge/skills/abilities, work environment, required training, FTE/FLSA/Appointment term, pay rate/salary, dependent on funding, ensured consideration date maybe as metadata but not heading.
We need to decide sections: Could have About the role (summary + university description?), Responsibilities, Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (maybe combine required knowledge/skills), Skills (maybe separate?), Benefits (none given), Pay (salary range), Schedule (maybe appointment term 12 months? Could be considered schedule? Not exactly schedule; but we have appointment term 12 months, FTE 100%, FLSA exempt. Could include in a section like "Appointment Details" but not requested. The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should map content to these headings where appropriate. If a section lacks real specific content, we should not include it.
Thus:
- About the role: could include summary and university description? The summary mentions seeking a Research Engineer II for APSRC. Could also include description of APSRC matrix structure. That seems appropriate.
- Responsibilities: list of duties from "Responsibilities And Essential Duties". Use
- .
- Requirements: could include required education (BS Degree) and experience (4-6 yrs). Also maybe required training? But training maybe separate? But we can include under Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe include desirable education/experience and desirable knowledge/skills/abilities? Or we could treat Qualifications as required knowledge/skills/abilities. The instruction list includes Qualifications as a possible heading. We'll need to decide.
- Skills: could include required knowledge, skills, and abilities (the list). Could also include desirable knowledge/skills/abilities.
- Benefits: none given, so omit.
- Pay: salary range given, include.
- Schedule: maybe appointment term 12 months, FTE 100%, FLSA exempt. Could be considered schedule? Not exactly schedule but could be included as "Schedule" if we have info about full-time, 12-month appointment. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state appointment term 12 months, FTE, FLSA status. That's about schedule/employment type. So we can include a Schedule section with that info.
We must not include boilerplate like "Ensured Consideration Date: September 30, 2026" maybe we can include as a short paragraph under About the role or maybe as metadata but not heading. The instruction says do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include the ensured consideration date in a short paragraph.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the lists.
Let's extract lists precisely.
Responsibilities And Essential Duties:
- Balance multiple projects while personally contributing to project progress by applying cumulative knowledge, on time and on budget.
- Stay abreast of the latest technologies, trends, and methods in technology areas related to the APSRC mission.
- Provide Technical Expertise and technical mentorship to junior staff and students.
- Author and Co-Author technical publications.
- Attend and give technical presentations at professional conferences.
- Serve on review committees for technical papers and similar within their technical area.
- The Research Engineer II’s working in Vertical groups will have increased responsibility for securing funding, including:
- Contributing to the technical strategy
- Collecting & developing sub-elements of proposals and quotes
- Represent APSRC in a sales type setting as required
- Developing presentations and presenting results to partners and customers
- Leading tasks within projects
We need to keep these as list items. The sub-bullets under vertical groups could be nested list or just continue as items. We'll keep as
- items; maybe we can include them as separate items.
Required Education, Certifications, Licensures: BS Degree Required
Experience: 4 – 6 yrs of related work history for entry into level.
Desirable Education and/or Experience:
- Additional degree beyond minimum requirement
- Additional BS in a different discipline or MS or PhD (preferred)
- Additional years of professional experience beyond minimum requirement
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- Experience Teaching Lean & 6-sigma training and application
Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities:
- Demonstrated organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Technical and non-technical problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated technical knowledge of engineering research & development activities (hypothesis, concept, design, simulation, analysis, fabrication, experimentation)
- Demonstrated knowledge of the product development cycle used in industry.
- Excellent written communication including PowerPoint and authoring technical publications
- Excellent public speaking including delivering technical presentations
- Demonstrated initiative in tackling challenges and a hunger for more
- Demonstrated knowledge and skill in at least one scientific and technical area
- Ability and willingness to travel
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours on occasion, when needed
- Demonstrated ability to work independently without daily interaction with direct supervisor
- Demonstrated ability to make technical decisions
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries and work harmoniously with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities:
- Experience working on research projects with at least a CUI security clearance
Work Environment and/or Physical Demands:
- WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee may occasionally be required to lift up to 50 lbf.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate, but can be high for short periods of time in the shop.
- Hearing protection is provided when noise levels are high.
- The employee may occasionally be required to travel
Required Training And Other Conditions Of Employment:
- Every employee at Michigan Technological University will receive the following 4 required trainings; additional training may be required by the department.
- Required University Training
- Employee Safety Overview
- Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Training
- Annual Data Security Training
- Annual Title IX Training
- Background Check Offers of employment are contingent upon and not considered finalized until the required background check has been performed and the results received and assessed.
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=100%) 1
FLSA Status Exempt
Appointment Term 12 months
Pay Rate/Salary: The anticipated salary range for this position is $83 - $110,000; however, the final salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
Title of Position Supervisor Manager (maybe not needed)
Posting Type Internal and External
Dependent on Funding Yes
Additional Information: This position is contingent upon the continued availability of external funding. Full ensured consideration will be given to applicants who apply on or before September 30, 2026
We need to remove boilerplate like "To perform this job successfully..." etc. Also remove EEO, contact, etc.
We need to keep the ensured consideration date maybe as a short paragraph.
Now decide sections:
About the role: include university description and summary and maybe APSRC description. Let's craft a paragraph that includes all that info without adding extra.
Responsibilities: list.
Requirements: include required education (BS Degree) and experience (4-6 yrs). Could also include required training? But training maybe separate but we could include under Requirements as part of "Required Training". However the instruction list includes Requirements as a heading; we can put education/experience there. Training could be under Requirements or maybe under Qualifications? But we have Qualifications heading for required knowledge/skills/abilities. Let's assign:
- Requirements: Education & Experience (BS Degree, 4-6 yrs)
- Qualifications: Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities (list)
- Skills: Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities? Or maybe Skills includes both required and desirable? But we already used Qualifications for required knowledge/skills. Could treat Skills as desirable knowledge/skills/abilities. However the instruction list includes Skills as a possible heading; we can use it for desirable knowledge/skills/abilities.
But we also have Desirable Education and/or Experience; where to put? Could be under Requirements as "Desirable" but maybe better under Qualifications? Actually Qualifications often includes both required and preferred qualifications. But we already used Qualifications for required knowledge/skills. Could shift: Requirements: Education & Experience (required). Qualifications: Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities. Skills: Desirable Education/Experience and Desirable Knowledge/Skills/Ab
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Ensured Consideration Date: September 30, 2026 (metadata) - Michigan Technological University description (about the university) - Summary: seeking a Research Engineer II, for our Advanced Power Systems Research Center. - Description of APSRC matrix structure. - Responsibilities And Essential Duties: list of duties. - Required Education, Certifications, Licensures: BS Degree Required - Experience: 4 – 6 yrs of related work history for entry into level. - Desirable Education and/or Experience: Additional degree beyond minimum requirement, Additional BS in a different discipline or MS or PhD (preferred), Additional years of professional experience beyond minimum requirement, Licensed Professional Engineer, Experience Teaching Lean & 6-sigma training and application. - Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: list. - Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: Experience working on research projects with at least a CUI security clearance. - Work Environment and/or Physical Demands: description. - Required Training And Other Conditions Of Employment: list of required trainings. - Background Check statement. - Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=1, FLSA Status Exempt, Appointment Term 12 months. - Pay Rate/Salary: anticipated salary range $83 - $110,000; final salary negotiable based on experience and qualifications. - Title of Position Supervisor Manager (maybe irrelevant) - Posting Type Internal and External - Dependent on Funding Yes - Additional Information: position contingent upon continued availability of external funding. Full ensured consideration will be given to applicants who apply on or before September 30, 2026. To perform this job successfully... (boilerplate). If you require any auxiliary aids... (contact). Other Conditions Of Employment: eligibility to work in US. EEO statement. Annual Security and Fire Safety Report etc. Drug-Free Schools etc. Required Education, Certifications, Licensures* (minimum requirements) (duplicate). We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, contact info, etc. Also remove duplicated lines like "Required Education, Certifications, Licensures" appears twice. Keep substantive info: university description, summary, responsibilities, required education/experience, desirable education/experience, required knowledge/skills/abilities, desirable knowledge/skills/abilities, work environment, required training, FTE/FLSA/Appointment term, pay rate/salary, dependent on funding, ensured consideration date maybe as metadata but not heading. We need to decide sections: Could have About the role (summary + university description?), Responsibilities, Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (maybe combine required knowledge/skills), Skills (maybe separate?), Benefits (none given), Pay (salary range), Schedule (maybe appointment term 12 months? Could be considered schedule? Not exactly schedule; but we have appointment term 12 months, FTE 100%, FLSA exempt. Could include in a section like "Appointment Details" but not requested. The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should map content to these headings where appropriate. If a section lacks real specific content, we should not include it. Thus: - About the role: could include summary and university description? The summary mentions seeking a Research Engineer II for APSRC. Could also include description of APSRC matrix structure. That seems appropriate. - Responsibilities: list of duties from "Responsibilities And Essential Duties". Use
- .
- Requirements: could include required education (BS Degree) and experience (4-6 yrs). Also maybe required training? But training maybe separate? But we can include under Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe include desirable education/experience and desirable knowledge/skills/abilities? Or we could treat Qualifications as required knowledge/skills/abilities. The instruction list includes Qualifications as a possible heading. We'll need to decide.
- Skills: could include required knowledge, skills, and abilities (the list). Could also include desirable knowledge/skills/abilities.
- Benefits: none given, so omit.
- Pay: salary range given, include.
- Schedule: maybe appointment term 12 months, FTE 100%, FLSA exempt. Could be considered schedule? Not exactly schedule but could be included as "Schedule" if we have info about full-time, 12-month appointment. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state appointment term 12 months, FTE, FLSA status. That's about schedule/employment type. So we can include a Schedule section with that info.
We must not include boilerplate like "Ensured Consideration Date: September 30, 2026" maybe we can include as a short paragraph under About the role or maybe as metadata but not heading. The instruction says do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include the ensured consideration date in a short paragraph. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the lists. Let's extract lists precisely. Responsibilities And Essential Duties: - Balance multiple projects while personally contributing to project progress by applying cumulative knowledge, on time and on budget. - Stay abreast of the latest technologies, trends, and methods in technology areas related to the APSRC mission. - Provide Technical Expertise and technical mentorship to junior staff and students. - Author and Co-Author technical publications. - Attend and give technical presentations at professional conferences. - Serve on review committees for technical papers and similar within their technical area. - The Research Engineer II’s working in Vertical groups will have increased responsibility for securing funding, including: - Contributing to the technical strategy - Collecting & developing sub-elements of proposals and quotes - Represent APSRC in a sales type setting as required - Developing presentations and presenting results to partners and customers - Leading tasks within projects We need to keep these as list items. The sub-bullets under vertical groups could be nested list or just continue as items. We'll keep as
- items; maybe we can include them as separate items. Required Education, Certifications, Licensures: BS Degree Required Experience: 4 – 6 yrs of related work history for entry into level. Desirable Education and/or Experience: - Additional degree beyond minimum requirement - Additional BS in a different discipline or MS or PhD (preferred) - Additional years of professional experience beyond minimum requirement - Licensed Professional Engineer - Experience Teaching Lean & 6-sigma training and application Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: - Demonstrated organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail - Technical and non-technical problem-solving skills - Demonstrated technical knowledge of engineering research & development activities (hypothesis, concept, design, simulation, analysis, fabrication, experimentation) - Demonstrated knowledge of the product development cycle used in industry. - Excellent written communication including PowerPoint and authoring technical publications - Excellent public speaking including delivering technical presentations - Demonstrated initiative in tackling challenges and a hunger for more - Demonstrated knowledge and skill in at least one scientific and technical area - Ability and willingness to travel - Ability and willingness to work flexible hours on occasion, when needed - Demonstrated ability to work independently without daily interaction with direct supervisor - Demonstrated ability to make technical decisions - Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries and work harmoniously with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff. Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: - Experience working on research projects with at least a CUI security clearance Work Environment and/or Physical Demands: - WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - The employee may occasionally be required to lift up to 50 lbf. - The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate, but can be high for short periods of time in the shop. - Hearing protection is provided when noise levels are high. - The employee may occasionally be required to travel Required Training And Other Conditions Of Employment: - Every employee at Michigan Technological University will receive the following 4 required trainings; additional training may be required by the department. - Required University Training - Employee Safety Overview - Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Training - Annual Data Security Training - Annual Title IX Training - Background Check Offers of employment are contingent upon and not considered finalized until the required background check has been performed and the results received and assessed. Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=100%) 1 FLSA Status Exempt Appointment Term 12 months Pay Rate/Salary: The anticipated salary range for this position is $83 - $110,000; however, the final salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Title of Position Supervisor Manager (maybe not needed) Posting Type Internal and External Dependent on Funding Yes Additional Information: This position is contingent upon the continued availability of external funding. Full ensured consideration will be given to applicants who apply on or before September 30, 2026 We need to remove boilerplate like "To perform this job successfully..." etc. Also remove EEO, contact, etc. We need to keep the ensured consideration date maybe as a short paragraph. Now decide sections: About the role: include university description and summary and maybe APSRC description. Let's craft a paragraph that includes all that info without adding extra. Responsibilities: list. Requirements: include required education (BS Degree) and experience (4-6 yrs). Could also include required training? But training maybe separate but we could include under Requirements as part of "Required Training". However the instruction list includes Requirements as a heading; we can put education/experience there. Training could be under Requirements or maybe under Qualifications? But we have Qualifications heading for required knowledge/skills/abilities. Let's assign: - Requirements: Education & Experience (BS Degree, 4-6 yrs) - Qualifications: Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities (list) - Skills: Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities? Or maybe Skills includes both required and desirable? But we already used Qualifications for required knowledge/skills. Could treat Skills as desirable knowledge/skills/abilities. However the instruction list includes Skills as a possible heading; we can use it for desirable knowledge/skills/abilities. But we also have Desirable Education and/or Experience; where to put? Could be under Requirements as "Desirable" but maybe better under Qualifications? Actually Qualifications often includes both required and preferred qualifications. But we already used Qualifications for required knowledge/skills. Could shift: Requirements: Education & Experience (required). Qualifications: Required Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities. Skills: Desirable Education/Experience and Desirable Knowledge/Skills/Ab