This exciting opportunity will allow you to flourish working in our innovative environment providing support on various activities. We will support you in your development in the role and provide an environment to expand your already excellent electronics' knowledge.

About the department:

Our Technical Services supports all 4 of our departments delivering postgraduate and undergraduate taught programmes. The Department works closely with industry as well as the local community.  The recent work on providing PPE during the pandemic demonstrates the ethos of our Department. 

About the role:

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing electronics and software support to staff and students as required for various project activities.

You will work closely with customers in order to identify and understand their requirements, and to deliver innovative solutions to satisfy these. As part of the Instrumentation team, you will work with technical staff and other colleagues across the Faculty to maintain and deliver a high quality support service to the teaching and research efforts of the university’s engineering departments.

About you:

You will enjoy engaging with students and staff of all backgrounds with different levels of electronics and software knowledge in order to support both research and teaching activities. You will also have:

• A good understanding of data acquisition and control systems, including associated hardware
• A broad general knowledge of electronics hardware and software development
• Qualified to GCSE level
• Be able to demonstrate competence and experience in programming at a systems level
• Previous experience in a higher education or research environment would be an advantage but is not essential 

The benefits:

We are a family friendly workplace and are open to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the University. We recognise the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package including a generous employer pension scheme and annual leave entitlement and are encouraging of your personal and professional development, along with (but not limited to):

• A flexible working environment
• Ofsted outstanding rated onsite nursery
• Salary exchange scheme (cycle to work)
• Onsite private and NHS dentist, onsite medical centre
• Employee discount scheme

Our commitment to you:

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are particularly welcoming of applications from Black, Asian and other Ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented. 

We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Bronze Athena SWAN award, and we are actively working towards a Silver award. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may require. Our assessment approach ensures you will have the opportunity to promote your individuality, and we will make all offers based on your competencies and experience relative to the role.

For further information:

For an informal discussion about the position, please contact Mr Chris Carey, Technical Manager tel 01225 383650, e mail - C.R.Carey@bath.ac.uk or Mr Vijay Rajput, Technical Supervisor tel 01225386367 or e mail - ensvr@bath.ac.uk

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Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification