Engineering Lab Technician 3

at  Washington State University

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• One year of experience as an Engineering Technician 2 OR five years of experience as an engineering technician; OR equivalent education/experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• An Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
• Excellent communication abilities in written and verbal forms
• Ability to design and initiate novel laboratory experiments to advance teaching and research
• Ability to use CAD/CAM software such as SolidWorks, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software
• Ability to operate CNC machines - Mills and Lathes, and 3D printers

The School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Washington State University Tri-Cities in Richland, WA, invites applications for a full-time Engineering Technician 3 position.
The Engineering Technician manages all the school laboratories in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering and thereby directly impacts the educational experience of our students and the research activities in the school. The responsibilities of this position encompass engineering laboratory operations and support, laboratory research/project support, laboratory safety as well as security, and other related duties as assigned by the school director.
Under general direction, the Engineering Technician performs complex senior technical work designing, developing, manufacturing, assembling, installing, calibrating, maintaining, and repairing instruments, apparatus and equipment for engineering and scientific instructional and research applications. Additionally, the technician determines most suitable designs to achieve desired instructional and/or research goals, independently designs complete systems, peripherals, data acquisition programs, or interfaces, estimates equipment needs for the laboratory shop, and develops and manages preventive maintenance initiatives.
The position is within the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS), which is WSU’s latest academic unit and offers Baccalaureate, Master’s, and Doctoral programs. SEAS actively collaborates with the nearby PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), which offers numerous internship and projects opportunities to our students.
WSU Tri-Cities is committed to creating a student-ready campus, marked by academic excellence, career-connected learning, and social belonging. This commitment is informed by our belief that all students, faculty, and staff contribute value to our campus culture. We ascribe to an assets-based framework for understanding and celebrating difference and are deeply committed to closing equity gaps where they exist. We are proud that almost half of our students are first in their family to attend college and almost half of our students identify as students of color. We believe that this diversity is a great strength in the classroom and across the many co-curricular activities in which WSU Tri-Cities students participate and lead.