Job Description

The Opportunity

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Engineering invites applications for an Aerospace Engineering Research Engineer to support faculty and student research within the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Daytona Beach Campus. This hands-on position plays an important role in the safe and effective operation of aerospace laboratories, workshops, and wind-tunnel facilities while helping researchers transform ideas into working experimental systems.

The successful candidate will combine strong engineering fundamentals with practical fabrication, computer-aided design, laboratory operations, and safety expertise. The role regularly collaborates with faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, university partners, and external scientists and engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support instructional, research, student-project, demonstration, and tour activities in aerospace laboratories, workshops, and wind-tunnel facilities.
• Assess requests for laboratory and shop use, advise on feasibility and potential modifications, and maintain a master schedule for shared facilities.
• Support aerospace engineering faculty and students in designing, building, modifying, and troubleshooting experimental apparatus and research equipment.
• Use computer-aided design and engineering tools to create parts, assemblies, drawings, simulations, and laboratory experiments.
• Perform machining, woodworking, welding, painting, plumbing, and sheet-metal fabrication as needed to support research and instruction.
• Train and guide students in the safe use of laboratory, machine-shop, and wind-tunnel equipment; provide design and manufacturability guidance.
• Maintain, inspect, and repair a broad range of laboratory equipment, machines, instrumentation, and facilities; coordinate outside repair or installation work when needed.
• Maintain equipment and supply inventories and assist with purchasing, specifications, installation planning, documentation, and budget-related activities.
• Serve as a safety advocate by implementing and reinforcing University and applicable occupational safety procedures, maintaining safety documentation, and identifying potential hazards.
• Assist with classes, laboratories, tours, and other training activities, and remain current through relevant conferences, training, and professional development.

About us

For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defense and technology industries.

Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.

Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.

Perks Await You at Embry-Riddle!

• Tuition Coverage: Get 100% tuition coverage for yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age 26.
• Retirement Contributions: ERAU contributes 6% of your base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching contribution – with no vesting period.
• Generous Time Off: Enjoy up to 18 days of paid leave in your first year, including 3 days granted upon hire and 15 days accrued throughout the year. You'll also receive 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Three to five years of related experience, including experience in experimental aerodynamics, engineering research, laboratory operations, or a closely related area.
• Advanced CAD experience, part design, assembly design, kinematics, finite element analysis, and engineering drawings, with emphasis on current GD&T standards.
• Knowledge of mechanics, solid mechanics, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, advanced computational methods, and nonlinear finite element methods.
• Knowledge of aviation and aerospace instrumentation, sensors, and wind-tunnel operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work productively with faculty, students, researchers, industry professionals, and technical and nontechnical colleagues.
• Demonstrated team-building, leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision and to manage multiple priorities safely and responsibly.
• Experience working with and guiding young adults in laboratory, workshop, research, or educational settings.
• United States citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Industry or research experience relevant to aerospace laboratories, experimental aerodynamics, fabrication, or wind-tunnel operations.

Application process/requirements

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

To submit your application for this opportunity, please visit the Embry-Riddle Career Site and search for requisition number R312030. Please attach all relevant materials to your application when you apply online. Complete submissions include:

• Cover letter
• Full CV
• Contact information for at least three professional references (please note that references may be contacted as part of the interview/screening process)

Current Embry-Riddle employees: Please apply directly through the ERAU Employee Hub Central application within Workday.

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