Are there completely research-oriented jobs in the mechanical engineering field? What are they?

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Sure, there are research engineers. They look into things like new materials or improvements to existing tech. Even areas like robotics engineers or mechatronics engineers are deep in research. And there are any number of areas of engineering research, things like fluid mechanics or nanotechnology.

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There are quite a few in the DoD space, speaking from experience. Check out FFRDCs across the country that focus heavy lab-based research in the government and military realm, along with civilian arms of the military like DARPA or the Air Force Research Lab

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