Engineering Specialist

ontariotechu•Oshawa, ON

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Specialist supports and maintains the teaching laboratory equipment and facilities, provides equipment and safety training to teaching assistants and students, and provides oversight to student projects involving experimentation or construction. In addition, the Engineering Specialist uses engineering principles to design and build new laboratory equipment and experiments, adapt new equipment to existing experiments, upgrade existing equipment and facilities, and provide engineering support to student projects.

Requirements

Strong communication skills
Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills across software, systems, and hardware
Proven excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills for content in a range of styles
Software skills in the creation of content (video, image, audio) for social media platforms and formal design reporting
Completion of a 4 year post-secondary degree
An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered
Minimum 3-5 years experience
Experience in engineering principles and knowledge of various fields required (electrical, electronics, computer, and software)

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated expertise in some or all of the following is preferred:computer hardware, software, computer networks, database, electronics, communication systems and microprocessors
Demonstrated expertise in technologies like ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, Active Directory, C#, SQL, JavaScript, XML, JSON, CSS and Git
Experience in Linux and Microsoft server administration
Knowledge of computers and other hardware used in university laboratories that support science and engineering courses is preferred

Responsibilities

Support undergraduate laboratories
Maintain and support undergraduate teaching labs, engineering student design labs and common shared laboratory facilities with the help of other technical staff in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Train teaching assistants, staff and faculty on the safe use of the equipment and maintain training records
Participate in safety inspections, lab tours, open houses and engineering accreditation
Troubleshoot computer hardware problems and create security policies on computers
Troubleshoot data acquisition problems, computer networking and streaming server issues and audio/visual/multimedia equipment in the Faculty
Calibrate laboratory equipment
Perform scheduled preventative maintenance and write maintenance reports
Ensure safety of laboratories
Perform checks on facilities, safety equipment
Train teaching assistants and students on safety principles
Set up safety quizzes for labs
Enforcing safety standards and regulations in labs
Participate in health and safety inspections.
Identify opportunities for improvement in current lab delivery
Develop and implement projects to improve lab delivery
Update equipment manuals
Update safety manuals
Update lab manuals
Make laboratory equipment purchase recommendations to faculty members in the area of responsibility
Provide guidance on engineering principles
Provide support for material acquisition
Provide support for techniques (electronics, electrical, programming and mechanical)
Support displays for open houses
Participate in tours, special engagements etc.
Support photo and video shoots