Senior Teaching & Research Support Technician (Electronics and Computer Science)

gRafiKs; Bath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative university is seeking a Senior Teaching & Research Support Technician to enhance makerspace facilities. This role involves overseeing operations, developing training solutions, and coordinating research needs. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and hands-on experience with electronic and mechanical devices. You'll foster creativity among students and researchers while ensuring safety and efficiency in the makerspace. Join a dynamic team at a leading UK university, where diversity is celebrated and professional development is prioritized, all set in the beautiful surroundings of Bath.

Benefits

Generous employer contributory pension scheme

Generous annual leave allowance with additional discretionary days

Flexible working arrangements

Excellent reward package

Personal and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Relevant degree and experience in technical support for electronics or robotics.
• Experience in prototyping and writing safe working protocols.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations and support for makerspace facilities.
• Liaise with external contractors and maintain equipment safety and efficiency.

Skills

Technical Support

Prototyping

Risk Assessments

3D Printing

Microcontrollers

Electrical Test Equipment

CAD

Education

Relevant Degree in Computer Science, Electronics or Robotics

Tools

Electronic Devices

Mechanical Devices

Safety Protocols

Job description

Senior Teaching & Research Support Technician (Electronics and Computer Science)

Department: Computer Science

Salary: Starting from £30,505, rising to £36,924

Closing date: Monday 13 January 2025

We are seeking a new member for our talented and dedicated team to play a key role in supporting the growth and development of our makerspace facilities.

As an enthusiastic makerspace technician, you will oversee the day-to-day operations and activities. This includes developing innovative and modern solutions to training, support of students and coordinating research needs and equipment usage.

About you

Working with a range of equipment, techniques and individuals, you will have a keen and independent approach to your continuous personal development. You will be highly organised, diplomatic, an excellent communicator and passionate about fostering the maker mindset in both students and researchers alike.

We will also be looking for you to have:

1. A relevant degree, and ideally practical experience and/or qualifications in hardware related technical support in Computer Science, Electronics or Robotics
2. Experience in prototyping electronic and mechanical devices including sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, electrical test equipment, 3D printing and CAD
3. Experience writing safe working protocols and risk assessments and an ability to implement good and safe practices

About the role

An integral part of maintaining the spaces, services and equipment will be to serve as primary liaison to various external contractors and campus departments (Computer services, Estates, Professional services, Safety Health and Employee Well-being services).

In addition, you’ll ensure the physical and environmental conditions of facilities and that equipment are safe, running efficiently and properly maintained.

You will also be responsible for demonstrations and delivery of training and associated materials, safety standards, and operating protocols within those facilities.

You will be working with students and staff of all backgrounds with varying levels of knowledge of sciences and makerspace equipment. Using your knowledge and experience, you will foster creativity and solutions-based thinking while supporting students and researchers in course-related, extracurricular and outreach projects and academic research related to the making facilities.

These facilities are in their early stages of development and you will work with the department leads to identify additional equipment and tool needs and to centralise working spaces.

About us

Our Department delivers postgraduate and undergraduate taught programmes to over 800 students. Our research themes include Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interactions, Mathematical foundations of Computation and Visual Computing.

The makerspace facilities offer a key learning opportunity for our students to put theory into practical forms, delivering projects as part of their learning, and offers support to researchers in design and development of novel kit/apparatus.

The University of Bath is one of the leading UK universities with strong ambitions for the future. Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment to work.

We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations.

Further information:

Please contact Daniel Lou Hing if you would like further information about the role.

What we can offer you:

1. a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
2. generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
3. we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
4. an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
5. a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.