Physics Instructional Laboratories Teaching Support Specialist
Core
Maintain, operate, and improve physics instructional laboratory spaces and experiments while training graduate tutors and supporting advanced undergraduate students.
Role type
Physics Instructional Laboratories Teaching Support Specialist
Builds
Physics instructional labs, lecture demonstrations, and laboratory manuals
Domain
Higher Education / Physics Education / Experimental Physics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Lab space maintenance, apparatus setup and preparation, equipment repair and troubleshooting, scientific apparatus design and fabrication, student instructional support, graduate tutor training, lecture demonstration development, data processing assistance, lab manual creation, pedagogy implementation
Preferred skills
Physics Education Research (PER) strategies, CAD and 3D printing, electronics circuit design and prototyping, Python programming, video data analysis, vacuum systems or cryogenics, digital content creation
Technologies
Python, C/C++, Jupyter, Git, GitHub, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, FPGA, multimeters, oscilloscopes, laser cutting, PCB design
Responsibilities
Perform weekly setup and preparation of instructional labs, assist students with experimental techniques and data reporting, train graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, design and build new scientific apparatus, develop and implement new scientific pedagogy, prepare and test lecture demonstrations
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC