Mechanical Engineering Student Assistant-San Diego-Fall 2025-ATAS

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

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Job Description

GTRI’s Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ATAS) seeks a Student Assistant, in the San Diego field office, starting Fall 2025, with interests in mechanical engineering, signal processing and data analysis. The student will be involved in the development, testing, and evaluation of an acoustic maritime monitoring system suitable for littoral and ocean-based operation. Primary responsibilities include:

• Overall system engineering
• Development and re-design for an existing maritime data collection platform
• Simulation, experiment and validation of such system towards mission requirements and different sea conditions
• Conduct acoustic testing to characterize signal quality and accuracy
• Provide improvement recommendation to minimize acoustic loss and improve SNR
• Field data collection and data analysis
• Report writing and manuscript preparation as needed

Required Minimum Qualifications

Student Assistant

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Must be registered for at least 6 credit hours with your university during working semesters
• 3.0 or higher GPA

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in iterative design and additive manufacturing
• Experience with CAD modeling tools; SolidWORKS experience preferred
• Experience with fluid mechanics
• Experience with system design, energy budget analysis
• Experience with Matlab
• Experience with basic data analysis and visualization

Hours per Week

20 hours per week

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the US federal government, candidates for this position are required to be US Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Housing and Relocation

Housing and relocation assistance are not available for this position.

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