Electronics Specialist

Position Summary This position provides technical support, engineering, and design for an extensive array of electronic equipment and instrumentation employed in the research labs of faculty in the Department of Chemistry, the Center for Photochemical Sciences, the Department of Physics & Astronomy, and the School of Earth, Environment & Society (SEES). This position also provides similar support to the electronic equipment and instrumentation used in those units' instructional laboratories. The position also assists research and instructional labs with upkeep and troubleshooting for computers that require custom configurations to interface to the instruments they control and therefore are not supported by ITS. For ITS supported computer systems, the position provides decentralized IT services, primarily centered around hardware support and troubleshooting. The position additionally oversees the operation of and performs required maintenance on large format poster printers within the collaborating units. Essential Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities Troubleshoot and repair electronic equipment, circuitry, and data collection interfaces associated with research laboratories in Chemistry, Photochemical Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, and SEES. In some cases, this is custom in-house designed equipment and in other cases commercial. For commercial systems, the incumbent often works with the manufacturer's service desk, remotely, so that repairs can be done without requiring an expensive service call. Provide service for specialized, non-ITS supported, instrument connected computers. Often this is hardware related requiring power supply or disk drive replacement. Troubleshooting of custom interface and controller boards is also common. Reinstallation, and when possible, operating system upgrades, is often required following a hardware failure. Provide "decentralized" troubleshooting and service for ITS supported computers. In most cases these would be "gently used" ITS systems deployed into research labs for data management and distribution, data analysis, and laboratory recordkeeping. Most often these are hardware issues that can be rectified locally Design and fabricate electrical/mechanical interfaces and/or equipment. For some of the