Research Senior Technician

Research Senior Technician

The Ohio State University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering is seeking a Research Senior Technician (Research Technician 3). This will be a Senior level Research Technician role within the College. This is a Technical Track role where the work will be achieved through individual efforts as well as participation through project teams. The work will be technical and operational in nature. The Manager will provide the Research Technician with clearly established guidelines and procedures.

Minimum Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering or related field; 4 years of relevant experience required with High School diploma or GED, 2 years of relevant experience required with Associate's Degree, or 0 years of relevant experience required with Bachelor's Degree.

Desired Experience: Prior experience with maintaining the CDoE framework, developing related software modules, and performing FEA modeling of welding and additive manufacturing processes.

Candidate should be advanced technically as well as operationally within the Research/Laboratory environment. Individual will utilize their current technical and operational knowledge to accomplish the Research Objectives. A base and broad level of knowledge of Research/Laboratory processes and tools required in the Department through on the job training. Individual may provide assistance and training for Undergraduate Students and Undergraduate Student Employees within the Department and/or Laboratory. Individual will be able to recognize and solve routine issues that may occur within the Laboratory without supervisory approval. Individual will be able to complete routine Laboratory maintenance and work without guided instruction from the Manager. Instruction and general guidance will be provided to the Research Senior Technician when new Research Activities arise. Will log data results as well as communicate those results with other team members.

The Research Senior Technician will perform technical maintenance of the Computational Design of Experiment (CDoE) Framework software and the CDoE web page by regular reviews, tests, and fixing code errors, to ensure smooth software performance for internal and external users; Support the proper performance of the CDoE software on the CDoE web page and of the related projects on the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC); Develop new and optimize existing CDoE code modules to improve software performance and shorten computational times; Train graduate students and external users to work with the CDoE; Support research projects on CDoE process modeling and optimization for welding and AM of advanced alloys by: Performing heat sources calibration for welding and additive manufacturing (AM) processes, developing FEA models for welded joins and AM builds, Performing postprocessing for data analysis and visualization, Performing simulations for results validation through comparative analyses of simulation results and comparisons with experimental results.

Location: Edison Joining Technology Center (0057)

Position Type: Term (Fixed Term)

Scheduled Hours: 40

Shift: First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.