Research Engineer,II,III or Senior Job Starkville area,Mississippi USA,Engineering

Position: Research Engineer I, II, III or Senior

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Position type: Full-Time 12-Month
Department: 194100 - Advanced Composites Institute
Location: Main Campus - Starkville, MS
Categories: Professional
Position Open Date: May 6 2026

Position Function

Research Engineer I
Research Engineer II
Research Engineer III
Senior Research Engineer

Employees hired into intermittent positions are limited to working no more than 720 hours per fiscal year.

The Advanced Composites Institute (ACI) focuses on pioneering transformational composite technologies in aerospace, civil, military, energy, automotive, and other emerging markets. It was created at MSU with the donation of a revolutionary stitched composite process and equipment originally developed at NASA by pioneering scientist Marvin

B. Dow.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Research Engineer I

Using accepted methods and techniques, solves well-defined problems and performs specific and limited portions of broader projects, under technical guidance of an experienced engineer.

Applies standard practices and techniques in specific situations, adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results, and follows operations through a series of related detailed steps or processes.

Defines and improves practices from experiences on small projects.

Conducts experiments/tests in the laboratory field that include taking measurements and recording observations, collecting, compiling, and processing data.

Contributes data/findings for use in reports, documents, or oral/written presentations.

Interacts in a collaborative manner with other team members to accomplish organizational goals. May provide ideas to improve efficiency at group level.

Networks primarily within own technical peer group.

In the process of learning methods for planning, including assessment of cost, scope, and schedule against plan.

No defined role in identifying/securing research funding; however, successful performance of project related tasks contribute to on-going funding efforts.

Performs related duties as required.

Research Engineer II

Performs work that involves conventional types of plans, investigations, systems, structures, or equipment with relatively few complex features or for which there are precedents.

Performs tasks/projects of a larger scope.

May lead specific tasks within the project scope.

Scopes task and develops approaches for moderately difficult tasks.

Takes responsibility for assuring quality, cost effectiveness, and timeliness for small projects.

Assists in preparation of reports, papers, presentations, new proposals, etc., and may collaborate on some proposals.

Presents papers at technical meetings.

Continues to enhance capabilities for project planning, including assessment of cost, scope, and schedule against plan.

Implements new systems/approaches for moderately difficult tasks/projects.

Establishes networks in internal peer group; starts becoming part of identifiable external peer network.

Interacts in a collaborative manner with other team members to accomplish organizational goals.

Provides ideas to improve efficiency at group level. Participates in procurement of additional/new funding through contributions to technical proposal preparation and/or presentations.

Contributes to positive co-workers/customers/investigators relationships through efficient interaction on current grants/projects.

Research Engineer III

Manages multiple or significant projects which may require the use of sophisticated project planning techniques.

Plans, schedules, conducts, or coordinates detailed phases of the work of a major project or in a total project of moderate scope.

Makes substantial contributions to determining feasibility of goals/objectives.

May evaluate proposed or ongoing projects.

Interfaces with client/customer project managers and MSU research/engineering management for existing or proposed projects.

Creates opportunities to enhance technical methodology or content through expansion of existing, or development of, new efforts.

May extend technology into new application areas.

Contributes or leads I major intellectual development activities.

Chairs sessions at technical meetings; gives invited papers; participates in…

Research Engineer , II, III or Senior