Senior Lab Engineer: Data Acquisition & Hands-On Education

University of Colorado System; Allenspark (CO); On-site; USD 84,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a Senior Instructional Lab Engineer to lead DAQ, instrumentation, and electromechanical systems support in ITLP. You will design hands-on skill-building workshops and mentor students and staff across multiple engineering disciplines.

You will teach and troubleshoot DAQ hardware and software (NI DAQ, LabVIEW, Arduino, Raspberry Pi), guide experiment design, and help modernize lab resources to enhance undergraduate and graduate coursework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Three years of experience focused on data acquisition, instrumentation, or technical instruction.
• A combination of education and relevant experience in data acquisition hardware & software, instrumentation, electromechanical systems, or technical instruction may substitute on a year-for-year basis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of all data acquisition (DAQ), instrumentation and testing hardware and software in the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL).
• Develops and teaches hands-on technical skill-building workshops on data acquisition hardware (e.g., NI DAQs) and software (e.g., NI LabVIEW), microcontrollers (e.g., Arduino), single-board computers (e.g., Raspberry Pi).
• Provides ongoing technical support and mentorship to students applying these skills in coursework and open-ended design projects.
• Guides students and faculty in experiment design, including sensor integration (accelerometers, strain gauges, flow meters, force transducers, thermocouples) and test fixture development, ensuring robust data collection and analysis.
• Programs, debugs, and optimizes LabVIEW VIs, Arduino code, and other DAQ-related programming languages as needed.
• Trains and mentors ITLP student and professional staff, to teach workshops offered during evening and weekend hours.
• Creates an inclusive, encouraging learning environment, adapting instructional techniques for students, faculty, and staff with varying levels of exposure and expertise.
• Researches and integrates new equipment, technology, and methods to expand hands-on learning opportunities, providing students with exposure to industry-standard engineering tools.

Skills

Data acquisition

Instrumentation

LabVIEW

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

NI DAQ

NI LabVIEW

Arduino

Raspberry Pi

Job description

The University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a Senior Instructional Lab Engineer to lead DAQ, instrumentation, and electromechanical systems support in ITLP. You will design hands-on skill-building workshops and mentor students and staff across multiple engineering disciplines.

You will teach and troubleshoot DAQ hardware and software (NI DAQ, LabVIEW, Arduino, Raspberry Pi), guide experiment design, and help modernize lab resources to enhance undergraduate and graduate coursework.