Senior Research Engineer, Gridware

• 3+ years of physical experimental design, development, and execution experience
• 3+ years of quantitative modeling and analysis experience in a scientific computing language like MATLAB or Python
• Experience using data acquisition systems to acquire time-series measurements of dynamical systems
• Strong fundamentals in classical physics, with deep expertise in a topic area like dynamics, control systems, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, etc
• This role is most relevant to people with degrees in:
• Mechanical Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering
• Physics

Desirable

• We are seeking a creative, fast-paced research engineer to join our growing Physical R&D team
• You will be responsible for evaluating and developing novel sensing technology to expand our product offerings
• The ideal candidate will be an expert in a theoretical area of classical physics and all steps of the physical experimentation process - from experimental design, to methods development, to analysis and reporting
• This is not a product design role
• All project work is focused on early-stage research to de-risk development of potential, future products
• The work focuses on iterative scientific experimentation to explore novel technology
• It emphasizes experimentation and scientific computing over hardware development
• Independently design, develop, and execute physical experiments to evaluate new ways of measuring key physical electromechanical quantities
• Rapidly prototype mechatronic hardware systems for physical experiments
• Independently write clean code to analyze experimental results, perform exploratory data analysis, and model physical phenomena
• Conduct literature reviews and research on novel sensing technology
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product development engineers, and product managers