Posting Description

SENIOR TECHNICIAN MECHANICAL, Mechanical Engineering (MechE), to help design and build molds, jigs, and other tooling to fabricate discovery hardware and build hardware itself.  In the first year, typical build quantities will be ten copies of a given piece of hardware for use at MIT. In the second year, manufacturing is expected to increase in quantity so that guided discovery hardware may be provided to other colleges and universities and possibly to high schools.  In this case, the senior technician will work with outside vendors to accommodate the increased production rate.  Will perform related duties as required.  The position offers access to a very complete machine shop within the same building as the lab where guided discovery hardware is developed and that has staff who can provide training on the wide variety of equipment in the shop.