Senior Electronics Technician

About the role

The Senior Electronics Technician will provide support to staff and students for activities within the laboratory and workshop areas including:

• Supporting research activities and student competition teams both with practical assistance and suitable knowledge. 
• Set up and preparation of defined experiments within the Electronic and Electrical Engineering degree programmes and provide support for these. 
• Transfer their skills and knowledge to similar themes within both the department and faculty. 
• Responsibility of preparation and support of teaching, project and lab based departmental activities. 
• Provide technical support and design guidance to students and staff across the department and faculty and be responsible for setup and maintenance of related instrumentation and equipment. 
• Act as laboratory custodian for a suite of research and teaching facilities. 
• Supervision of student and research activities within these spaces.

The Senior Electronics Technician will fulfil the duties described above while providing expert technical guidance and support to staff and students across the department and faculty in the design, construction and testing of electronics systems. 

The Senior Electronics Technician will also work closely with academic colleagues on the content and delivery of practical teaching elements within the undergraduate (UG) and taught postgraduate (PGT) programmes. They will provide guidance and support to UG and PGT project students.

This is being offered as a full-time, open-ended position.

What we can offer you

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

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Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification

• Terms and Conditions of Employment