Senior Mechanical Engineer Learning

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The Senior Mechanical Engineer for Active Learning supports hands-on learning activities focused on mechanical engineering within the Active Learning Labs in the Harvard John

A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The Senior Mechanical Engineer works closely with SEAS faculty, the ME lab director, and teaching staff to develop and implement current and new lab activities for undergraduate and some graduate level courses. Additionally, the senior engineer oversees daily operations and trains students and teaching fellows in laboratory, design, and manufacturing best practices and provides technical mentorship for students around fabrication and design.

Reporting to the Director for Active Learning, Mechanical Engineering, you will be part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team that supports SEAS' educational mission. The candidate should have a passion for working with and advising individual students and teams.

• Provide lab instruction and support, as well as technical mentorship to students and staff.
• Lead development of course-based support resources and demonstrations.
• Support/lead the development and instruction of technical hands-on workshops and activities
• Support course-related hardware development (ie 3D printers, scanners, etc.)
• As a subject matter expert, assist and collaborate with faculty and teaching staff on the design, development, and implementation of new lab activities and end-of-the-semester design competitions.
• Support active learning components of SEAS courses both for the undergraduate degrees and the graduate programs (MDE, MSMBA). Serve as primary point of contact during the semester.
• Set up, test, maintain and prepare lab equipment and tools prior to upcoming lab experiments and course activities. Assist with troubleshooting and debugging student work during lab experiments and activities.
• Support senior undergraduate students with their thesis design projects.
• Instruct and assist students with the use of lab/shop equipment such as laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC mills and lathes, and shop tools.
• Provide technical support for engineering software such as Solid Works and/or Fusion
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• Create and organize course documentation and use best practices for maintaining and archiving team institutional knowledge.

• Mentor and advise students with their capstone design projects as needed.
• Advise students on professional development and pathways within the field of mechanical engineering.
• Advise and collaborate with students engaged with extracurricular activities.
• Mentor team members, temporary staff, and student employees.

• Lead course-based and super-user safety trainings in the ME lab for students, course teaching fellows and assistants, and other users of the Active Learning Labs spaces.
• Monitor laboratory safety compliance and ensure adherence to University policies,…