Explore a Career as a Mechanical Engineer

• Preform preliminary engineering involving the design, development, commission, manufacture, operation, maintenance and disposal of mechanical devices and systems.
• Ensure mechanical devices, systems, and equipment function safely, reliably, efficiently and economically.
• Collect data and conduct reliability investigations of equipment or system being maintained to determine how long they will last without needing repair; quantify and report the results.
  
• Analyze and evaluate the design and performance characteristics of the items and their test methods.

Applicants must meet the following education requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET or a program that includes differential and integral calculus and courses in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: statics, dynamics; strength of materials; fluid mechanics, hydraulics; thermodynamics; electrical fields and circuits; nature and properties of materials; and any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics or electronics
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• College-level education, training and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical; and mathematical science underlying engineering, and a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering science and techniques and the applications to one of the branches of engineering

Applicants must also possess the following:

• Work experience involving the generation and/or application of theories, principles, practical concepts, systems, and process related to design, fluid dynamics manufacturing processes, machine design, thermodynamics, etc.
• Knowledge of traditional engineering science disciplines and advanced mathematics, physical science disciplines, environmental science, and social science disciplines.

• Paid holidays, paid time off and separate sick leave
• Comprehensive health care coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, etc.)
• Agency matching retirement savings (Thrift Savings Plan)