Senior Electronics and Instrumentation Technician

Job Description

The Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering seeks a talented creative and experienced Senior Electronics and Instrumentation Technician to join our team. The successful candidate will work closely with our students and faculty in developing custom electronics hardware providing instrumentation support and assisting with hardware and software integration to support world class research efforts within our department. This may include designing building testing and overall integration of complex electronics and electrical components as well as embedded microprocessor and computer programming to support the departments research and education missions. The candidate will be responsible for providing technical and instructional support for electronics instrumentation and embedded computing components of AOE undergraduate lab courses and the AOE electronics laboratories. The candidate must be flexible and be willing to provide after hour technical troubleshooting for teaching laboratory equipment and projects as needed.

Required Qualifications

-Experience maintaining and servicing electronics power equipment and battery systems.
-Knowledge of the principles of analog and digital electronics sufficient to support power instrumentation data acquisition systems automatic control systems and embedded computer systems.
-Skills and experience in repairing and building electronic circuits and devices in particular sensor electronics including printed circuit boards (PCBs).
-Ability to actively participate in development and testing new instruments for laboratory experiments.
-Ability to program and debug computer and microcontroller codes using LabView Python Matlab C/C or similar software platforms.
-Training in basic electronics and in the service and repair of electronic equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

-Certification in electronics and/or other related education
-Experience in higher education
-Teaching or instruction experience

Pay Band

5

Overtime Status

Non-Exempt: Eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

75000 toCommensurate with experience

Hours per week

40

Review Date

10/09/2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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