Job Description

Job Description

20% - Project, System and Circuit Design: Develops the overall system design for state-of-the-art instrumentation in consultation with the faculty and/or students with whom the instrument is being developed, together with the other professional members of the Instrumentation Design Laboratory.

20% - Oversight of Laboratory Operations:
Supervise IDL personnel
Schedule and maintain records of Lab Projects
Provide appropriate billing information for generation of monthly invoices and budget control
Work with Physics & Astronomy and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences on evaluation of the rate structure
Prepare quarterly reports for Physics & Astronomy
Prepare an annual report for Physics & Astronomy and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
20% - Project Implementation:
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design: Designs and lays out the PCBs or supervises other staff members doing so using advanced concepts of layout design
Low-level Programming: Develops drivers for hardware devices. Develops efficient Field-Programmable Gate Array code. A very good understanding of C, assembly languages, and Hardware Description Languages is required as well as an understanding of the FPGA architecture.
User experience design and implementation.
15% - Exploration: Monitor and test new technologies for future projects.

15% - Multi-institutional Project Development: Participates in multi-institutional planning. Travel for development and for deployment (for example, to other institutions, other labs, CERN, and the South Pole) is necessary.

10% - Other: Duties as required for the mission of the Instrumentation Design Laboratory. Examples include working with and mentoring students and developing relationships with potential customers inside and outside KU.

Required Qualifications

MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline with at least one year of experience in electronics design OR BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline with greater than five years experience in electronics design.
Previous experience completing electronic design or other relevant projects using creativity, inventiveness and attention to detail as demonstrated by submission of application materials.
Two years of experience leading/supervising a technical team.
Experience in modern analog, digital and missed-signal electronics.
Two years experience with high-performance PCB design.
One year of experience with HDLs/firmware, including coding, simulating or optimizing FPGAs and CPLDs