Electrician (8195C) - NanoLab

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81720

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Main Campus-Berkeley

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Full Time

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Departmental Overview

The Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory (NanoLab) on the UC Berkeley campus features over 15,000 square feet of Class 100 and 1000 cleanroom space. It offers academic and industrial researchers comprehensive micro- and nanofabrication capabilities supported by expert equipment and process engineering staff. Complementing this, the NanoLab Machine Shop at Cory Hall delivers specialized engineering, design, and precision fabrication services for custom instrumentation and fixturing.

This purpose of this position is to provide professional technical, mechanical, and engineering development and maintenance support of the facilities, equipment, and processes of the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory (NanoLab) and for faculty research laboratories and support spaces within College of Engineering and for other campus and inter-campus departments.

Under the general supervision of the Cory Hall Machine Shop Engineering Technical Supervisor, the Electrician is responsible to provide professional electrical services and engineering development and maintenance support of the facilities and equipment of the Berkeley Marvell NanoLab and for faculty research and instructional laboratories and support spaces within the College of Engineering and for other campus and inter-campus departments and College of Engineering faculty research and instructional laboratories and support spaces. The machine shop electrician provides the electrical service, equipment connections and equipment / computer cabling of semiconductor processing, micro / nanofabrication, and a wide range of specialized laboratory research and instructional equipment. The NanoLab is a unique 15,000 sq. ft. ultra-clean, particle-free facility that provides access to and supports over 170 pieces of micro / nanofabrication equipment which serve the research needs of more than 500 researchers. The College of Engineering supports over 230 active faculty and more than 1900 graduate researchers in more than one hundred custom faculty research laboratories.

In addition, the machine shop electrician provides electrical support of various specialized laboratory utilities, such as deionized water, compressed specialty gases, building wide nitrogen, oxygen, and argon distribution, heating ventilating and air conditioning, cooling water and waste process systems. Coordination of all utility requirements to prevent conflict is key. Since electrical services often have the most stringent code compliance requirements, the machine shop electrician often provides oversight and coordination of mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and computer connections to laboratory equipment. The College of Engineering laboratories and the specialized NanoLab micro / nanofabrication facility are among the most complex, costly, and technically demanding research facilities. Included in the mission of the Cory Hall Machine Shop is supporting these operations.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is : October 22, 2025 - Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

30% Equipment Support

• Plan, coordinate, and carry out electrical connections for semiconductor processing, micro / nanofabrication, and other specialized laboratory equipment. Requires close coordination with graduate researchers, faculty principal investigator, building manager, inspectors, and campus and outside service providers. Specialized equipment includes thin film deposition and etch systems; thermal processing furnaces; photolithography coat, develop, and exposure tools; analytical systems for measuring thin films and material properties; packaging tools including dicing saws, wire, wafer and flipchip bonders; and, ancillary support equipment such as chillers, vacuum pumps and point of use treatment systems. Research and instructional equipment includes electrical service and connection for research and instructional computers, servers and data storage systems. These systems often also have emergency power support requirements pending scope defined by Project Manager.
• Equipment electrical connections includes cabling and wiring (e.g., CAT5, CAT5E CAT6, or audio-visual cabling) between various equipment and computer support and monitoring systems and between labs and computer rooms and machine rooms.

25% Specialty Systems

20% Facilities Support

15% Design, Planning, and Documentation

10% Machine Shop Support and Maintenance

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $68.34 hourly. This is a 100% FTE career position eligible for full benefits. This position is FLSA Non-exempt and paid biweekly.

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Misconduct Disclosure

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct :

UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy

UC Anti-Discrimination Policy

Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.