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2025 Electromechanical Research Associate
| Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
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| Location | El Segundo, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $70000 – $85000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university program in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related discipline.
- 0-1 year of industry work experience.
- Electro-mechanical skills and familiarity with electrical and mechanical components.
- Prior experience in a laboratory environment and with lab safety protocols.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently with careful attention to detail.
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Providing technical support to programs investigating spacecraft material properties, focused on optical properties and space environmental effects on materials.
- Providing laboratory and analytical support to space environment effects simulations, testing, and materials research.
- Maintaining and operate specialized high-vacuum exposure chambers used for radiation exposure testing of spacecraft materials, including setting up experiments, modifying test equipment, maintaining laboratory assets, writing software, and making relevant measurements.
- Working closely with scientists and technical staff to perform experiments and resolve experiment or testing anomalies and challenges.
- Applying standard techniques and procedures to carry out scientific and/or engineering tasks.
- Supporting more than one technical area of the department as needs arise, and support multiple projects concurrently.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with high-vacuum systems, actuators, valves, etc.
- Experience with computer interface / control of lab equipment, automation, or data acquisition and measurement systems (such as LabVIEW, PLC programming, etc.).
- Experience with mechanical design and associated software programs (such as SolidWorks, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with optics, optical materials, materials processing, optical measurements, and/or the space environment.
- Experience handling optics or sensitive precision hardware.
