General Information
| Job Description | RSCH AND DEV ENGR 3 | Working Title | Electrical Engineer |
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| Job Code | 007120 | Grade | 23 |
| Department Name | Electrical & Computer Eng - D01004 | Department Head | |
| Supervisor | Effective Date | 10/01/2017 |
Position(s) Directly Supervised
| Job Code | Title | FTE |
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Generic Scope
| Experienced professional who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with in-depth understanding of the professional field; independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; possesses broad job knowledge; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions. |
Custom Scope
| Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced engineering professional in a specialized engineering field on a major training and/or research effort. Assignments typically require concentration in a field of application where subject matter knowledge relevant to research objectives and methodology is of great value in understanding and establishing engineering design criteria. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. |
Department Custom Scope
| This position requires knowledge and experience in electrical engineering to ensure laboratory safety, maintain instructional laboratory inventory and equipment, advise on upgrades and advise students and faculty on educational or research electrical engineering projects. The position demands organizational and technical expertise to support the department mission of producing high quality Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Engineering (CEN) graduates. The incumbent is expected to successfully coordinate various projects from conception to completion and implement continuous service as required by providing a full range of engineering technical services. Incumbent will provide sales and service enterprise activity support as required; maintains relevant information related to labs, cleanroom and equipment usage; responsible for security of facilities within span of control; assists with planning for ABET accreditation functions, provides input and data for department budget and planning; research support and systems/facilities operation. Serves as technical liaison and represents the College of Engineering at events and meetings including, safety inspections, student workshops and maintenance. Incumbent oversees and manages the EE instructional and teaching labs, instructional cleanroom and EE shop; advises and collaborates with faculty regarding research labs and instructional lab materials and assignments; trains students on proper and safe use of equipment and prototyping skills; trains students, Teaching Assistants (TAs), and other personnel in all aspects of laboratory and safety procedures. Incumbent evaluates the adequacy of all electronic systems, configurations, assembly/construction, feasibility, testing and calibration of equipment, designs and various aspects of the operation for the entire college teaching laboratories and provides support for many of the college research laboratories. Individual reports the department chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) department and on a dotted line to the ECE department manager. Individual is the department Laboratory Safety Officer (LSO), Department Safety Coordinator (DSC) and a Building Emergency Staff (BES) member. |
Education & Experience Requirements
Education Requirements
| Degree | Requirement |
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| Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. | Required |
Experience Requirements
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License Requirements
Certification Requirements
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Educational Condition Requirements
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Key Responsibilities
| Description | % Time |
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| Provides full range of professional engineering services to research projects, meets with research staff in the design and development phase. | 20 |
Determines project specifications and parameters.
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10 |
Performs design, construction, assembly and testing of complex experimental equipment and instrument systems.
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10 |
May provide engineering information and advice to Principal Investigators and/or other faculty and research personnel with administrative responsibility for the research program or teaching facility.
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10 |
Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes annual and semi-annual reports.
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10 |
Implements related business processes.
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5 |
| SAFETY: Safety is a critical aspect of the position. Responsibilities include: (1) Incumbent is responsible for the security of facilities under his/her span of control and the safe operation of the teaching and research laboratories and other associated department facilities and equipment; (2) following university guidelines for the safe use and disposal of chemicals and other materials used in instructional (including cleanroom) and research labs; (3) and providing training, instruction and supervision of instructors, researchers and students in the safe operation of the lab facilities and equipment. As department Laboratory Safety Officer (LSO) duties include: (1) developing and maintaining a comprehensive lab safety plan to include, Injury and Illness Prevention Plans (IIPP), Chemical Hygiene Plans for the department and coordinating compliance with the safety plans; (2) assisting faculty and researchers with compliance to campus safety requirements and procedures in research labs; (3) collaborate with other college LSOs performing safety inspection of college labs; (4) assists faculty and researchers with maintaining proper storage of chemical inventories and other hazardous materials used in the research labs; (5) serves as Department Safety Coordinator (DSC) acts as a liaison between the department and UCR's Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and BCoE's Safety/Facilities manager; (6) disseminates information and technical guidelines on waste management procedures and campus policies and procedures for laboratory health and safety; (7) provides solutions for safety issues. Serve as the lab safety officer, providing technical support and training to faculty, teaching assistants, staff and students to ensure compliance with safety regulations and guidelines and completing the annual lab safety audit. | 10 |
| Maintains up to date inventories of supplies, benchstocks, consumables, components, parts, hardware, chemicals, gases, tools and equipment to ensure readiness for educational and project activities. Provides periodic update on location records checks on lab equipment. Prepares tools, parts and equipment for required laboratories to faculty, TAs and students. Checks out materials to faculty, TAs, researchers and students and recovers from them when tasks or lab sessions are complete. | 10 |
| Provides guidance and technical support to student clubs offering various prototyping workshops (e.g., soldering, PCB mill, 3D printing, etc.) and project management skills to ensure safe and proper practices. Work schedule, in consultation and with department chair approval, may be flexed, to accommodate activities and student schedules (e.g., working outside normal business hours, weekends, etc.). | 10 |
| Install and interface new labs, systems and equipment. Maintain relevant information related to labs, cleanroom and equipment to manage inventory and provide information for budgeting and planning and to assist with ABET evaluations. | 5 |
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
| Knowledge/Skill/Ability | Requirement |
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| Thorough knowledge and experience with engineering principles and methods to independently perform the full range of engineering professional design work. | Preferred |
| Thorough knowledge necessary to apply principles, practices and procedures in the completion of assignments. | Preferred |
| Demonstrated organizational and decision-making abilities to prioritize competing work assignments in order to meet deadlines and adherence to quality standards. | Required |
| Strong analytical and judgment skills to independently conduct analyses and develop appropriate recommendations. | Preferred |
| Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills. | Required |
| Ability to work in a collaborative manner; identify challenges and barriers and recommend resolutions. | Required |
| Ability to lead and influence others. | Preferred |
| Experience in designing code in C/C++ and program various embedded microcontrollers including Free Scale 68HC12, Atmel AVR using Atmel AVR Studio, Code Warrior Development Studio. | Required |
| Experience and ability with operation of PCB prototyping milling machine (LPKF ProtoMat S62). | Required |
| Experience in designing PCB boards using various software application programs including Design Spark PCB, Altium Designer, Eagle. | Required |
| Experience in working with various simulation software application programs including L Tspice, MATLAB/Simulink, CADENCE SP 16.2, ADS. | Required |
| Experience with programmable FPGA devices form Xilinx (Spartan 3E) using hardware description languages VHDL and Verilog. | Required |
| Demonstrated experience in diagnosing, troubleshooting and maintaining electronic circuits and instruments, machines and equipment used in instructional labs, instructional cleanroom and research labs. | Required |
| Demonstrated experience in the use of standard electronic testbed instruments. | Required |
| Demonstrated experience in the use of analog, modular, digital data acquisition systems. | Required |
| Demonstrated experience utilizing electrical engineering and mathematics principles, and correct calculation procedures to solve engineering design technical problems. | Required |
| Demonstrated ability to communicate in written and oral English to express technical concepts to layperson. | Required |
Special Requirements & Conditions
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Level of Supervision Received
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Environment
Working Environment
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Critical Position
| Is Critical Position: No |