Lead Electronics Technician

The Gallogly College of Engineering has seen rapid growth in undergraduate and graduate enrollment. Many engineering programs across the schools have teaching laboratories that use electronics to collect and control experiments. The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in particular has laboratory courses focused on circuits sensors and other topics.

Under the direction of the Dean the Electronics Lab Coordinator will perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled activities related to electronic devices and experiments across schools in engineering. The person will place orders for prepare and maintain laboratory materials supplies and associated equipment. The new Electronics Lab Coordinator will be assigned duties requiring considerable technical knowledge and ability in electronics. The Electronics Lab Coordinator is expected to exercise independent judgment in the performance of duties and is responsible for supervising and maintaining laboratory supplies materials equipment and records

Essential Duties :

• Provide electronics support for equipment and teaching laboratories across GCoE schools.
• Work with faculty and lab coordinators to track electronic components instruments and tools. Also tracks condition (e.g. working under maintenance faulty).
• Conduct inventories of orders receives and stocks materials supplies and equipment for laboratory use.
• Group equipment by category : for example oscilloscopes multimeters soldering tools power supplies etc.
• Keep track of periodic calibration and maintenance schedules for equipment.
• Set up reporting and push notifications for maintenance schedules inventory needs (e.g. consumables running low) upcoming tasks or experiment deadlines and safety issues or incidents.
• Demonstrates the safe and effective operation and use of laboratory tools and equipment.
• Ensure technicians and students adhere to safety guidelines related to electronics (e.g. electrical shock prevention grounding fire safety).
• Organize tasks for equipment setup troubleshooting or maintenance.
• May calibrate maintain and perform repairs on electrical equipment and supplies.
• Set up process for instructors and teaching assistants to request assistance directly from the technician.
• Respond to assistance requests with equipment setup or troubleshooting.
• Generate reports on equipment usage experiment success / failure or common issues.
• Assign work of student assistants.
• Maintain expenditure records and provide data for budget estimates.
• Perform other duties as required related to the primary job duties.

Required Attachments

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Required Education and Experience : High school diploma GED or Trade School Certificate AND :

24 months experience in general electronics.

Skills :

Certifications : None

Advertised Physical Requirements :

Physical

Environmental

Department Preferences :

Supervision : None

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Required Experience :

IC

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1