Electronic Design And Support Technician

The Electronic Design and Support Technician will provide support to faculty and students

in the AME department. The highly skilled position will support the department's educational and research programs, being responsible for maintaining and repairing electrical equipment, assisting in teaching laboratory setups, and providing technical support for teaching activities, especially in the capstone design courses and in the areas of analog and digital circuit applications, computer programming, microcontrollers, passive and active filter design, how to use lab equipment, strengthen lab skills, and how to conduct tests and interpret results from measurements and experiments. This position plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the curriculum and research programs in the AME department. This position will:

• Provide support for undergraduate curriculum in AME department: design and develop hardware and software for lab projects; provide technical information and advice for student

projects; set up and support laboratory activities, instruct students in best electrical wiring practices; oversee Intro to EE labs; design, build, maintain and repair equipment used in AME

courses, distribute and collect electronic toolkits for Sr. Capstone Design course; create and maintain database of documentation supporting labs and courses

• Manage and maintain equipment associated with electronics lab in department: repair and maintain electronic instrumentation and computers; repair research lab equipment; manage

computers including installing and upgrading software, teardown capstone projects to recover reusable electrical components; troubleshoot for faculty and students working on course and

research projects

• Provide support with sponsored research projects: repair research lab equipment as needed; consult with faculty on research projects; design and build electronics hardware for research

projects; provide technical consulting for electronics design and development

• Act as a resource for students involved in departmental clubs

• Provide support for special courses and/or projects at the request of supervisor

• Administrative tasks associated with supplies: inventory ofsupplies, reconciling procard transactions, receiving orders insystem as necessary