Mechanical Engineer, McDonald Observatory, UT Austin

The University of Texas at Austin, McDonald Observatory, seeks mechanical engineer who will be part of the application for a wide range of disciplines including, mechanical, optical, electronic, vacuum, cryogenic, and software engineering, that are used together to build state-of-the-art research instrumentation for astronomy. The research with those instruments includes the discovery and characterization of exoplanets, understanding how the elements and their various isotopes were formed, understanding how the successive generations of stars have changed the chemical composition of the universe, understanding the mechanisms that change the galaxies with time, and understanding the history of the expansion of the universe itself.

This position works in the Observatory's instrumentation group exercising wide latitude of independent judgment to design, analyze, build, test, and support optomechanical and electromechanical subsystems for the Observatory instrument and telescope development projects. Responsibilities include:

• Designs and develops scientific instrumentation and mechanical equipment, including detailed requirements, design, modeling, and analysis, with wide latitude for independent action and decision.
• Interfaces with project leadership and staff to contribute substantially to developing design concepts and requirements for new projects. Performs prototypes and supporting analyses and writes reports.
• Produces fabrication drawings. Places, monitors, and supports fabrication of designed parts in machines and other workshops.

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