Mechanical Engineer Career Research and Resources
Doherty Communications
Managed installation of 800 MHz trunked emergency services two-way radio system • Programmed radios and troubleshot installations. Instructed radio users in theory and operation. • Installed telephone systems.
Avg. Salary: $66,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
A. L. Design
-Tested and calibrated force and pressure transducers through static loading • Inspected and calibrated the transducers and reported the calibration data.
Avg. Salary: $66,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Delphi-Harrison Thermal Systems
-Performed internship improving air conditioning compressor exhaust valve plates • Wrote computer program to predict pressure build-up. • Tested valve plates for efficiency and performance to improve compressor durability.
Avg. Salary: $66,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
CoorsTek, Inc.
Performed density checks on finished ceramic parts using wet and dry weights to assure quality control. Became familiar with Proficient QS software. Responsible for loading and unloading of multiple kilns with regard to product orders.
Avg. Salary: $0 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Picatinny Arsenal
Assisted in the characterization of a foreign mortar system for potential US exploitation. •Tasks included: Determination and documentation of safe methods of weapon disassembly. Weapon disassembly. CAD modeling of components and subsystems. Calculation of component physical properties (such as spring rates). Instrumentation (strain gage, accelerometer, shear force sensor, encoder) installation. Weapon install...
Avg. Salary: $0 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Picatinny Arsenal
Self-taught Pro-Engineer Wildfire software through tutorials. Designed mechanical parts using Pro-Engineer Wildfire. Disassembled, repaired and reassembled linear actuators. Assisted in assembly of weaponry. Completed CAD drawings of mechanical parts for production.
Avg. Salary: $0 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
General Electric Infrastructure - Aviation
o Performed troubleshooting of internal and outside vendor airflow measurement processes that did no meet qualifications or experienced problems. o Designed and oversaw modifications to airflow measurement systems to adapt them to different flow ranges. o Completely recoded system software (in C) for automated airflow equipment built by a then defunct vendor to improve efficiency, automatic control, user interface and searc...
Avg. Salary: $86,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
General Electric Infrastructure - Aviation
o Performed mechanical design from concept to installation of fully automated, non-destructive inspection systems for aircraft engine airfoils and oversaw efforts of up to 4 designers / draftsmen. o Awarded patent on break-through fabrication technique that made an X-ray C.A.T. scan detector design feasible and reliable. o Worked with visual, eddy-current, ultrasound, fluorescent penetrant, x-ray and infrared non-destructiv...
Avg. Salary: $86,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Cincinnati Electronics Corporation, Infrared Group
o Designed and tested ground support equipment to purge moisture from cryogenic refrigeration units used in military applications. o Specified and performed various environmental test programs to assure that systems could withstand vibration, shock and temperature extremes requirements.
Avg. Salary: $86,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Cincinnati Electronics Corporation, Infrared Group
o Designed an infrared scanner for a military jet fighter tail warning system. o Due to space constraints this scanner had an “inside-out” gimbal design, which required extending my knowledge of rigid body dynamics and dynamic balancing to successfully solve the problem. Developed software tools to perform the needed calculations. o Had a U.S. government Secret clearance for this program.
Avg. Salary: $86,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
