Part Time Student - Technical Product Engineering - Ames, IA
Core
Part-time student engineer supporting product engineering for agricultural machinery (sprayers, tillage, planters) through lab testing, design validation, and data analysis.
Role type
Part-time student technical product engineer
Builds
Prototype equipment and agricultural machinery components
Domain
Agriculture / Mechanical Engineering
Required skills
Mechanical/Industrial/Agricultural engineering knowledge, 3D CAD modeling (Creo, ProE), simulation (MATLAB, Simscape, Simulink), programming (MATLAB, C++, Python, Visual Basic, Arduino, Raspberry Pi), data validation
Preferred skills
Production agriculture experience (tillage, planters, sprayers), product design/testing experience
Technologies
Creo, ProE, MATLAB, Simscape, Simulink, C++, Python, Visual Basic, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Responsibilities
Test design concepts in lab or field environments on prototype equipment, apply technical knowledge to identify and resolve design weaknesses, validate offboard data to ensure data quality, propose or evaluate solutions to improve cost, quality, and performance
Seniority
Student (Freshman/Sophomore/Junior preferred)