Specialist Technician

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 31,236 - 37,694; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work scheme

Staff discount at Team Bath gym

Generous pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Job summary

University of Bath is seeking a Physics Technician to join the Department’s technical team in Bath. The temporary role provides short-term technical support, with training and development opportunities to help you contribute effectively.

You will support teaching and research laboratories, maintaining and repairing electrical/electronic equipment, and constructing teaching apparatus. A hands-on problem-solving approach and electronics expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• A scientific or technical background is required; a degree in Electronics or Physics is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong hands-on electronics experience and ability to apply it in a laboratory or research environment.
• Experience with laboratory instrumentation or bespoke equipment is highly valuable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, fault-find, and repair electrical and electronic equipment in teaching and research labs.
• Develop and construct teaching laboratory equipment and experimental setups.
• Support undergraduate teaching in laboratories, helping students perform experiments safely.
• Provide bespoke electronics support to research labs, including circuit design to specifications; may involve LabVIEW.
• Contribute to software for instrumentation and support CAD/3D printing for teaching and research.

Skills

Electronics knowledge

Lab instrumentation

Troubleshooting

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Electronics/Physics degree advantageous

Tools

LabVIEW

3D printing

CAD design

Job description

Salary Starting from £31,236, rising to £37,694

Grade Grade 6

Contract Type Full Time, Fixed Term

Placed on Thursday 16 July 2026

Closing date Wednesday 05 August 2026

Interview date Friday 14 August 2026

Reference SS13812

Special Conditions Lone working, Working at height, Manual handling, Please see job description for all special conditions., Bath Insights Internship

You will join a highly engaging and supportive environment as part of our Physics Technician Team, working at the heart of a department that continues to evolve and grow. This is a temporary role, providing short-term technical support to the Department, and we will provide appropriate training and development opportunities to help you succeed quickly and make a meaningful contribution during your time with us.

As part of our technical team, you will support the Department of Physics by providing high-quality technical and electronics expertise across our teaching and research laboratory spaces. Working in a collaborative environment across multiple buildings, you will contribute to the smooth running of laboratory activities, with particular responsibility for the maintenance, fault-finding, and repair of electrical and electronic equipment.

You will work closely with academic and technical colleagues to develop and construct teaching laboratory equipment and experimental setups, supporting activities across a range of year groups where required. You will also play an active role in supporting a semester of undergraduate teaching, working with students in laboratory settings to help them carry out experiments safely, develop practical skills, and make effective use of equipment.

A significant part of the role will involve providing bespoke electronics support to research laboratories, including the design and fabrication of custom analogue and digital circuits and equipment to detailed specifications. Depending on your experience, you may also contribute to the development of software for instrumentation and measurement systems (for example using LabVIEW), or support projects involving 3D printing or CAD design for both teaching- and research-based activities.

About you

You will bring a scientific or technical background, and while a degree in Electronics or Physics would be an advantage, this is not essential. What matters most is a practical, problem-solving approach, strong electronics knowledge, and the ability to apply this effectively in a laboratory or research environment.

Experience working with electronic systems, laboratory instrumentation, or bespoke equipment in a technical or research setting would be particularly valuable. Alongside strong hands-on electronics experience, an interest in supporting teaching and helping students develop practical laboratory skills will be important for this role.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• The ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively to meet deadlines.
• Clear and effective communication skills, with the confidence to engage a range of colleagues and students as needed.
• A collaborative approach, working well within the technical team and with academic staff.
• An awareness of health and safety compliance; experience producing risk assessments or COSHH documentation would be an advantage.

If you enjoy solving technical problems, creating practical electronic solutions, and contributing to the effective delivery of teaching, research and laboratory activities within a dynamic academic environment, we would be excited to hear from you.

Further information

This is a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term role until March 2027.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact the Technical Manager for Physics, Jenny Williams ([e-mail]), or the Technical Director, Daniel Lou-Hing ([e-mail]).

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 equity 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 and 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're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce

Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting: 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.