Instructional Support Specialist

Stony Brook University; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UUP annual location pay

Job summary

Stony Brook University is seeking an Instructional Support Specialist to provide technical and operational support for the Embedded Systems Design Laboratory and IoT teaching labs. You will install, upgrade, and repair lab equipment, supervise student staff, and manage software licenses to ensure access from multiple workstations.

The role involves assisting with course materials, lectures, and lab-related documentation, as well as safety coordination and lab operations management within

Qualifications

• Master's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) and three years of full-time related experience in instructional, lab, or training environments; or Bachelor's degree with two years of related experience.
• Experience working with students, teaching assistants, or technical staff in instructional/lab settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational support for Embedded Systems Design Laboratory (ESDL) and Digital Systems Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (DSRPL).
• Install, upgrade, maintain, and repair equipment and devices in the facilities.
• Support IoT course laboratories and IoT equipment maintenance.
• Supervise graduate and undergraduate students, teaching assistants, and student assistants in lab activities.
• Manage software licenses server and ensure access from workstations in ESDL/DSRPL.
• Oversee lab purchasing, inventory, ABET budget, and lab fee accounts.

Skills

Experience with students

Teaching assistants

Education

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree with 2 years related experience

Job description

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume)

Master's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Three (3) years of full time related experience working with students, teaching assistants, or technical staff in an instructional, lab, or training environment (student experience may be considered). In lieu of a Master's Degree, a Bachelor's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher) and two (2) years of full-time experience working with students, teaching assistants, or technical staff in an instructional, lab, or training environment (student experience may be considered).

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field. Experience developing technical documentation, instructional materials, user guides, or lab manuals. Experience managing lab operations, inventory, purchasing, budgets, or equipment procurement. Knowledge of laboratory safety practices and regulatory compliance requirements in an academic environment.

Brief Description Of Duties

• Department technical and operational support
  • Provide all required technical and operational support for both the Embedded Systems Design Laboratory (ESDL) and the Digital Systems Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (DSRPL). Install, upgrade, maintain, and/or repair all equipment and devices available within the facility.
  • Provide all required technical and operational support for the IoT course laboratory activities. Install, upgrade, and maintain, and/or repair all IoT equipment and devices available within the facility.
  • Assist in supervising graduate and undergraduate students, teaching assistants, and student assistants involved with "in-lab" and IoT laboratory activities associated with research and developmental courses and senior design.
  • Maintain, update, and back up a dedicated software license server, ensuring several important "licensed" software packages can be accessed and executed from any workstation in the ESDL or the DSRPL.
  • Oversee all lab-related purchasing, maintain inventory, including design software packages, using the campus Wolfmart procurement system. Manage ABET budget. Manage lab fee account spending for equipment.
  • Maintain and update the following ESDL/DSRPL parts databases: 1) integrated devices database and list, 2) discrete parts and components database and list, 3) adapter boards (SOIC/SOT to DIP) database and list, 4) development boards database and list.
  • Manage and supervise the overall daily operation of the ESDL and the DSRPL facilities.
  • Order, install, and maintain a variety of advanced design software packages, which provide students and teaching assistants with state-of-the-art laboratory tools and a design environment for developing a range of complex embedded systems. Monitor and keep licenses current.
• Course and Laboratory Instructional Support
  • Assist in the preparation and review of a variety of course materials and documents associated with the laboratory components of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ESE) courses. This includes, but is not limited to, user guides, tutorials, and a variety of experiment-related documents.
  • Assist with lectures related to embedded system design/troubleshooting during Fall and Spring semesters.
  • Assist in preparing and posting course materials, including grades, on the campus Learning Management System.
  • Assist students involved with:
    • Lab operation and project related Research & Development
    • Lab experiment development
    • SD projects and TAships for courses as needed. This requires conducting a variety of introduction and overview discussions (in small groups) on subjects that range from orientation, operations, training, etc., as well as technically assisting students and TAs with a variety of issues that come up and must be resolved.
    • Set up and maintain a student grading database on the Learning Management System (Brightspace) for. In addition, at the end of the semester, download the grading database into an Excel spreadsheet for final processing, reduction, and histogram generation.
    • Supervise the design, construction, and debugging of a variety of experimental test stations for use in student lab sessions.
    • Conduct various laboratory lectures and seminars during the Fall and or Spring semesters, as required, which are related to embedded system design and troubleshooting. These include wiring and breadboard seminars, test equipment usage seminars, etc.
    • Create and maintain electronic forms that are used by TAs when evaluating the performance of the systems students design and implement for each week’s laboratory assignment. These forms are specific to each laboratory in each different course. Send electronic acknowledgements of sign-offs for each laboratory task completion to each student.
• Safety Management
  • Serve as the department laboratory safety coordinator. Oversee all aspects of the department’s development of safety policies and ensure compliance with safety policies set by the University and government agencies. Ensure the lab is running safely and student safety is maintained.
  • Create, update, and maintain a large number of forms and safety-related documents that are used by both students and teaching assistants during lab-related activities.
• Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission

Special Notes

This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption. In addition to the employee's base salary, this position is eligible for $4,000 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly. For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university Office of Equity and Access (OEA) at [phone] or visit OEA .

In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act a copy of our crime statistics can be viewed here.

Visit our WHY WORK HERE page to learn about the total rewards we offer.

Official Job Title: Instructional Support Specialist

Job Field: Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical)

Primary Location: US-NY-Stony Brook

Schedule: Full-time

Posting Start Date: Aug 19, 2026

Posting End Date: Sep 2, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Salary: $85,000 - $92,500

Appointment Type: Temporary

Salary Grade: SL4