Employment Opportunities

Are you interested in working for UDRI, a national leader in scientific and engineering research, serving government, industry and nonprofit customers? UDRI contributes to the fulfillment of the University’s commitments to education, research and public service through the involvement of students, faculty, Staff, and external partners. Established as the research arm of the University of Dayton in 1956, UDRI achieved $2.75 billion in cumulative sponsored research in 2020. Sponsored research for 2022 alone exceeded $220 million. We invite qualified candidates to apply for our Engineer opening! This full time and benefit eligible position offers health, dental and vision insurance, retirement, disability, tuition assistance for you and your dependents, vacation, sick, and holiday pay. Apply today!

This position is responsible for providing engineering solutions to a wide range of customer challenges utilizing a variety of advanced manufacturing methods to include additive manufacturing. At a high level, tasks include reverse engineering, CAD design, 2D drawing with focus on application of GD&T, systems engineering, FEA analysis and simulation for selected components/systems. As well, this engineer will be responsible for following all product development process steps and ensure compliance to ISO and AS standards. This role will communicate and collaborate with customers as well as a multi-disciplinary team of manufacturing, operations, testing, quality, materials, and program management members through project completion. Other efforts include but are not limited to mentoring junior engineers, assisting in process improvement efforts, participate in various technical challenges and team support activities. Occasional travel is expected for this role. This role will be working in a highly agile environment in a multifunctional team and therefore, being a team player and having flexibility, adaptability, attention to detail are key to success.

1. BS degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering or related field
2. 8+ years of experience in product development
3. 5+ years of experience with Computer Aided Design software, preferably SolidWorks
4. 5+ years of practical experience in 2D drawing generation, including application of GD&T
5. Practical experience reverse-engineering products/projects
6. Familiarity with various manufacturing processes such as casting, forging, extrusion, CNC machining, injection molding, thermoforming, robotics, advanced manufacturing, etc.
7. Attention to detail and organizational skills
8. Ability to perform extensive research, catalogue findings during development activities, and write reports for both internal and external use
9. Effective interpersonal communication and presentation skills with coworkers and clients at all levels
10. Self-motivation with ability to work with minimal supervision
11. Successful collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team
12. Excellent communication skills to include presentation skills
13. Experience generating job routers and BOM's for part manufacture
14. Due to requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. Citizen

R3 requires below criteria in addition to requirements listed above:
2. 15+ years of experience in product development
3. 10+ years of experience with Computer Aided Design software, preferably SolidWorks
4. 10+ years of practical experience in 2D drawing generation, including application of GD&T

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

1. 5+ years of experience performing FEA analysis using ANSYS to include static and dynamic analysis
2. Experience with Additive Manufacturing, including print file generation
3. Experience with failure analysis, root cause determination and corrective action
4. Experience with Model Based Definition generation (SolidWorks preferred)
5. MS Degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering or related field
6. Hands on experience conducting reverse engineering
7. Experience in ISO certified and/or AS9100 certified facility
8. Experience writing or providing cost estimates supporting ROM's and proposals
9. Ability to promote inclusive excellence in the workplace

To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.