Fast Facts
MathWorks is seeking an Education Programs Engineer to support global student competition teams in robotics and autonomous systems, utilizing MATLAB and Simulink. This hybrid role emphasizes mentoring, technical support, and collaboration across teams.
Responsibilities: Mentor students and advisors, create and promote training materials, engage with competition teams globally, and analyze training needs while participating in competitions.
Skills: Strong technical expertise in MATLAB and Simulink, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and experience in competition mentoring preferred.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with 3 years of experience or Master's degree, proficiency in education competition experience, and strong team collaboration skills required.
Location: Natick, US with 25% travel, mostly within the US and some international travel required.
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $70,000 - $100,000.
Job Summary
<p>MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.</p>
Join a team that thrives on saying “yes” to new challenges! Support student competition teams worldwide as they design and build robotics and autonomous systems using MATLAB and Simulink.
What You’ll Do:
- Mentor students and advisors with expertise, training, and guidance.
- Collaborate with marketing, engineering, and global teams to create strategies and content that amplify MathWorks’ educational programs.
- Embrace opportunities to learn and contribute to innovative initiatives.
What We Value:
- A proactive, can-do attitude and passion for helping others succeed.
- Strong technical skills in MATLAB and Simulink.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.
Responsibilities
Deliver Competition Support:
- Engage with team mentors and faculty advisors
- Visit student teams and provide technical support
- Build social media content to connect with student teams around the world and share success stories
- Work with MathWorks stakeholders to build relationships with competition organizers
- Attend competition meetings and events to engage with the competition community
- Pursue training and speaking opportunities at competition events
- Participate as a judge for the competitions where applicable
- Develop criteria for MathWorks Awards
Create New Training Materials for Student Teams
- Develop models necessary to demonstrate proper usage of MATLAB and Simulink
- Develop ramp-up and other materials needed by teams
- Leverage mentors and faculty advisors to create relevant demos and training materials for teams
- Work with MathWorks stakeholders to disseminate/promote the training materials to teams
Act as a Student Competition Advocate within MathWorks
- Collect data and perform analysis on the training needs of teams and evaluate the success of the training efforts
- Identify competition trends
- Interface with development staff to build internal awareness of competition needs
- Benchmark global competitions and student trends in the robotics and autonomous systems space
Qualifications
- Mastery of MATLAB
- Simulink
- modeling and simulation
- A bachelor's degree and 3 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
Additional Qualifications
- MS or PhD in Engineering
- Experience with competitions as a mentor or student required
- Demonstrated experience and eagerness to work in a highly collaborative, consensus-based team environment
- Demonstrated experience working in teams across country boundaries
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Experience selling or marketing in the education industry a plus
- Experience with simulation tools (e.g. Gazebo/Unreal)
- Understanding of systems engineering concepts
- 25% travel - mostly within US; some International
