Senior Research Engineer, Structural Dynamics & Vibrations

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      "text": "Responsibilities ",
      "content": "<div>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1116\" data-local-id=\"00de404bed73\">In this role you will</p>\n<ul data-local-id=\"2e5af46eff58\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1141\" data-local-id=\"d52dce55612c\">Develop mechanical sensing performance requirements. Select and evaluate new sensors for current and new mechanical sensing capabilities.</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"434243ae1c24\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1284\" data-local-id=\"80e18148654a\">Root-cause mechanical sensor signal issues from fleet to bench: use fleet telemetry (time-series + metadata) to isolate failure patterns, modes and signatures, test hypotheses via dynamics modeling and benchtop reproduction, contribute to design solutions, and partner with <span data-testid=\"definition-highlighter\">HW</span>, <span data-testid=\"definition-highlighter\">FW</span>, and <span data-testid=\"definition-highlighter\">SW</span> engineering to implement them.</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"a9c55b598ec5\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1609\" data-local-id=\"12f1f7783608\">Characterize and validate how diverse infrastructure types — different pole materials, geometries, and equipment configurations — affect mechanical signal behavior. Translate findings into design guidance, device installation requirements, monitoring and data aggregation methods.</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"84465424edb9\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1895\" data-local-id=\"3b0c903cd964\">Develop and own test methods to characterize and validate mechanical sensor performance across diverse and variable operating conditions.</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"cad424ea8dd5\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2038\" data-local-id=\"ce2b4d84e22a\">Develop hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure to reproduce real-world mechanical phenomena Gridware technology detects. Run hardware-in-the-loop tests to validate changes to our tech stack (from phenomena → hardware → automation → customer).</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"1c896155c996\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2288\" data-local-id=\"995f8fc0c34c\">Develop signal quality observability for mechanical sensors: sensor trust metrics, quality scoring, and gating criteria for downstream uses of data.</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"bf69e9440e0f\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2442\" data-local-id=\"b656793b0f04\">Mentor team members. Raise the technical rigor of experiments, analysis, and validation work across the team.</p>\n</li>\n\n<ul data-local-id=\"16c33a33a4d7\" data-indent-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"2557\" data-local-id=\"b0fa50e15afc\">Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, automation engineers, <span data-highlighted=\"true\" data-vc=\"highlighted-text\">SW</span>/<span data-highlighted=\"true\" data-vc=\"highlighted-text\">HW</span>/<span data-highlighted=\"true\" data-vc=\"highlighted-text\">FW</span> engineers, as well as non-technical teams such as customer success, field teams, and manufacturing.</p>\n</li>\n\n</ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></ul></div>"
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      "text": "Relevant Depth Areas",
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