Mechanical Engineering Technician jobs in San Antonio, TX

Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. (BakerRisk®) provides consulting services to industries and governments around the world to assess the consequences and risks associated with potentially catastrophic events including explosions, fires, and toxic material releases.  Our research and development programs make us a technology leader with advanced methodologies and tools to predict potential consequences, analyze risk, and design protection, prevention, and mitigation systems for such catastrophic events.

Dates of Employment: 

Summer / Fall: June 3, 2024 - December 13, 2024

Full time: 

40 hours per week

Location: 

San Antonio, TX

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Assist technical staff by applying standard engineering / scientific techniques to address client needs
• Support client funded testing projects including lab and full-scale studies focusing on vapor cloud explosions, flammability, laminar burning velocity and building response to blast loading 
• Expected to solve problems using procedures and criteria assigned by the technical staff. 
• Perform routine engineering calculations, assist at test range facility, conduct research, prepare presentations, drawings and reports. 
• Gain experience in the evaluation of flammability and explosion related phenomena, prediction of blast and fragment loads, and conducting explosion tests. 
• Establish priorities for completion of assigned workload, which may change from day to day. 

Requirements:

Pursuing a bachelor’s degree with a minimal 3.0 GPA in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.  Rising Junior or Senior level student.  Proficiency in MS Office Suite.  Ability to learn engineering software as needed to perform specific tasks as assigned by engineers.  Excellent oral and written communication skills required to interact with internal and external contacts. Previous hands-on experience with machining / design, laboratory experimentation, data acquisition systems and / or coding preferred.
  
Interview process: 

To be considered, you must complete the online job application, submit your resume, and attach your most recent unofficial transcript.  Telephone interviews will be conducted.

BakerRisk® is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants receive equal consideration, regardless of their race, color, religion, age, gender, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other protected status. BakerRisk® and its affiliated companies are drug-free workplaces.