Senior Technician - Design and Build/Instrumentation and Control

University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking a Senior Technician for Electrical and Electronics Operations. Your role will involve providing technical support for research and teaching, focusing on custom technical solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in electronics and project management, with a strong commitment to collaboration and innovation in a busy academic environment. This position offers a range of benefits including flexible working and a competitive leave entitlement.

Benefits

Highly competitive annual leave entitlement

Generous pensions scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Wide range of retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in design and delivery of custom technical solutions for instrument interfacing and custom electronics.
• Ability to manage technical projects in a demanding environment.
• Willingness to achieve Technical Professional Registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to staff and students in research and teaching.
• Collaborate with workshop teams to develop solutions to research challenges.
• Support the installation and refinement of custom rigs and instruments.

Skills

Experienced in technical project management

Expertise in electronics and control systems

Problem-solving and innovative thinking

Programming skills

Job description

Senior Technician – Electrical and Electronics Operations

University of Sheffield

Working Pattern: 100%

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Chemical, Material and Biological Engineering

We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering for a Senior Technician to support our Electrical and Electronics Operations. We’re looking for a motivated technician to deliver outstanding technical support to staff, students, and external clients. You’ll be at the heart of our research and teaching, ensuring every project runs smoothly.

We’re looking for a skilled and motivated professional to provide expert advice, guidance, and hands‑on support across a wide range of technical projects that drive our research and teaching forward. Based in our school laboratories and workshops, you’ll use your experience in specialist electronics, IT, and control systems to design, install, and refine custom rigs, instruments, and machinery. Collaborating across our electronics, electrical, and mechanical workshop teams, you’ll play a key role in developing innovative solutions to complex research challenges.

The successful candidate will have experience of design and delivery of custom technical solutions around instrument interfacing, programming and design and build of custom electronics solutions in support of research and teaching. They will have experience of managing technical projects, staff and resources in a complex and demanding environment and will have a Technical Professional Registration or the willingness to work towards it.

Benefits

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more. Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.