Senior Electronics & Instrumentation Tech for Research Labs

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT)

Blacksburg, Northern (VA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 68,000 - 83,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Virginia Tech's Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering seeks a Senior Electronics and Instrumentation Technician to design, build, test and integrate advanced electronics hardware, instrumentation systems, and embedded computing for research and education missions.

You will collaborate with students and faculty, support undergraduate labs, provide troubleshooting, and help develop new instruments and software in LabView, Python, Matlab, C/C++, and related tools.

Qualifications

Experience maintaining electronics, power equipment, and battery systems.
Knowledge of analog and digital electronics for power, instrumentation, data acquisition and embedded systems.
Experience repairing and building circuits and devices, including sensor electronics and PCBs.
Ability to develop and test new instruments for lab experiments.
Ability to program/debug microcontrollers using LabView, Python, Matlab, C/C++, or similar.
Training in basic electronics and equipment service/repair.

Responsibilities

Provide electronics, instrumentation, and embedded computing support for undergraduate labs.
Assist with hardware/software integration for research projects.
Design, build, test, and integrate complex electronics and components.
Offer after-hour troubleshooting for teaching lab equipment and projects.