Senior Design Engineer for Active Learning

About the role

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks a highly motivated and technically skilled Senior Design Engineer for Active Learning to support and advance hands-on, studio-based, and laboratory-driven engineering education across undergraduate and graduate programs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with program directors, faculty and teaching staff to support curriculum development and delivery of MDE, MS/MBA, ES100, and other SEAS design and innovation courses.
• Lead and support design and fabrication workshops and technical training sessions.
• Develop related instructional materials, technical documentation, and training resources.
• Provide support and oversight of instructional fabrication spaces and design studios as hubs for interdisciplinary collaboration across SEAS and affiliated schools.
• Participate in professional communities and technical conferences to maintain awareness of emerging technologies and practices in design education and instructional fabrication.
• Mentor multidisciplinary project teams, providing guidance on system architecture, engineering tradeoffs, prototyping strategies, subsystem integration, testing, and technical feasibility.
• Support engineering decision-making throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Foster a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive environment for design, prototyping, fabrication and machining.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that enhance engineering education and innovation.
• Maintain safe operating practices across machining, electronics, digital fabrication, and prototyping environments.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that enhance engineering education and innovation.
• Maintain safe operating practices across machining, electronics, digital fabrication, and prototyping environments.
• Establish and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for fabrication spaces and equipment.
• Monitor equipment usage and enforce laboratory policies and risk management procedures.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience supporting engineering design, prototyping, fabrication, product development, instructional laboratories, makerspaces, research environments, or related technical settings.
• Demonstrated experience working with multidisciplinary engineering projects involving mechanical, electrical, or software systems.
• Experience supporting the design, development, testing, or prototyping of physical products or engineered systems.