Electronics Technician

Job title:

Electronics Technician

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:UE06: £33,882.00 – £39,105.00 Per Annum.CSE / School of Informatics.Open Ended Contract – Permanent.Full Time – 35 Hours Per Week.The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for the post of Electronics Technician within our existing technical team.The Opportunity:The School of Informatics Technical team support Teaching, Research, Computing and the School in general, with all aspects of technical support in both the electronics and mechanical fields. This post is primarily aimed at providing electronics and technical support for our teaching cohort, providing technical assistance, design and build support for student projects which use a multitude of electronic circuitry, robots and computer interface methods.Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experienced electronics technician with HNC/Degree/or proven experience.
• Skilled in circuit design, circuit construction, problem solving.
• Experience of interfacing electronics with computers and micro-controllers, SPI programming (I2C, MISO/MOSI, etc,) and higher level programming (C+, Python, PERL, etc,).
• Have the manual dexterity to work at surface mount level to design/construct and repair boards.

Desirables are:

• PCB design and router familiarity
• CAD (electronics); robot construction
• 3D printing experience
• Familiarity with multiple OS (Windows, Linux, Mac) and their uses in controlling and sending/storing data with custom peripherals
• Experience with programming of microcontrollers
• H+S awareness relative to electronics construction and also general H+S awareness within lab environments.

Click to view a copy of the full (opens new browser tab)Application InformationPlease ensure you include the following documents in your application:– CV– Cover letterContact details for enquiries: Informatics HRAs a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefitsChampioning equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab)Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 17 January 2025.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:Informatics is the study of how natural and artificial systems store, process and communicate information. Research in Informatics promises to take information technology to a new level, and to place information at the heart of 21st century science, technology and society. The School enjoys collaborations across many disciplines in the University, spanning all three College, and also participates as a strategic partner in the Alan Turing Institute and, with Heriot-Watt University, in the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.The School provides a fertile environment for a wide range of studies focused on understanding computation in both artificial and natural systems. It attracts students around the world to study in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and currently has approximately 1000 undergraduate students, 320 MSc students and 350 PhD students. Informatics is one of seven schools in the College of Science and Engineering, at the University of Edinburgh. It is recognised for the employability of its graduates (demand exceeds supply), its contributions to entrepreneurship, and the excellence of its research. Since the first Research Assessment Exercise in 1986, Informatics at Edinburgh has consistently been assessed to have more internationally excellent and world-class research than any other submission in Computer Science and Informatics. The latest REF 2014 results have again confirmed that ours is the largest concentration of internationally excellent research in the UK. This contributes to our ranking in the top 15 CS departments world-wide according to the latest Times Higher Education ranking.We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family-friendly working and recognise and value diversity across all our staff and students. The School has an active programme offering support and professional development for all staff; providing mentoring, training, and networking opportunities.

Expected salary

£33882 – 39105 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:52:52 GMT

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