JOB DESCRIPTION

Why work for Texas A&M Engineering?

WHO WE ARE

Texas A&M Engineering is a large employer in the great and growing cities of Bryan/College Station, offering thousands of career opportunities in a wide variety of fields. We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and service. Texas A&M Engineering offers competitive salaries, full benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.
Job Description

WHAT WE NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two years of related experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong expertise in PCB circuit design and layout for instrument control
• Experience in integrating hardware components such as microcontrollers, actuators, and sensors
• Proficiency in embedded systems programming, signal processing, and communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB)
• Proficiency in graphical user interface implementation using languages such as Matlab, Python, Lab-View, or others
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced interdisciplinary research environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for documentation and collaboration.

PURPOSE:

The Engineer will perform research in the department of electrical and computer engineering, the NanoBio Systems Laboratory, a multidisciplinary lab developing high-throughput microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, and organ-on-a-chip system development through micro/nano fabricated devices (website: http://nanobio.tamu.edu). The candidate is expected to work together with other graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to develop electronics hardware systems to operate microfluidic devices, as well as develop electronics for field-deployable microsystems.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, and implement a hardware control system to operate the microfluidic system.
• Integrate custom-designed PCB circuits, sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, and simple graphical user interfaces for automated system control.
• Optimize hardware performance, reliability, and scalability for research applications.
• Work closely with interdisciplinary research teams to ensure the system meets experimental and operational requirements.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.