Student Mechanical Engineering Lab Technician

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 15.000 - 21.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Villanova University invites applications for the ME Lab Manager AY26-27. This student hourly role (5–10 hours per week) supports the Mechanical Engineering shop, assists with prototype fabrication, and helps maintain equipment in Drosdick Hall.

Eligibility: work study preferred but open to all students; prior shop training is required or preferred. Under supervision, you will work with students and engineers, read drawings, perform machining on lathes, mills, and grinders, weld with MIG, and

Qualifikationen

• Shop training required or preferred.

Aufgaben

• Reports to ME Shop Manager
• Assist students with the full cycle of manufacturing high-quality prototypes, precision parts
• Work collaboratively with engineering research and development team to design and fabricate high-quality prototypes/ precision parts out of titanium, stainless steel, low carbon steel, aluminum, and other materials as needed
• Provide guidance and direction to consumers in the ME Machine shop
• Maintain order and appearance of the ME Machine shop
• Maintain ME Machine shop equipment, tools, consumables
• Teach and supervise students of all levels in ME Machine shop, complete shop training for new users
• Perform a variety of machining operations to extremely close tolerances using lathes, milling machines, grinders, drill presses, highly specialized tools, and other shop equipment with minimum supervision
• Work from drawings, prints, rough sketches, and verbal instructions; fabricate and construct a variety of shapes composed of steel, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, and other exotic materials
• Plan, layout and perform machine tool and bench operations using unusual and difficult set-ups and machining methods
• Visualize a finished job, make necessary mathematical calculations and determine allowances for deflection and distortion
• Perform highly-skilled fitting and assembly operations to extremely close tolerances
• Work closely with engineers in developing new, unusual or untried designs and methods; where design information is minimal or nonexistent
• Inspect own work, detect errors in drawings, operations and defects in parts or materials and report to shop supervisor
• Perform and execute welding using MIG
• Set, align, and weld intricate parts and units in accordance to exacting specifications; lay a smooth bead, obtain proper fusion and penetration
• Perform finishing operations such as grinding, buffing, polishing, hardening, coating, etc.
• Receive shipments and equipment, bring equipment to desired locations.
• Responsibilities as directed by Mechanical Engineering Lab Manager

Kenntnisse

Shop training

Jobbeschreibung

Villanova University invites applications for the ME Lab Manager AY26-27. This student hourly role (5–10 hours per week) supports the Mechanical Engineering shop, assists with prototype fabrication, and helps maintain equipment in Drosdick Hall.

Eligibility: work study preferred but open to all students; prior shop training is required or preferred. Under supervision, you will work with students and engineers, read drawings, perform machining on lathes, mills, and grinders, weld with MIG, and