Full time, continuing position available Unique opportunity to harness your engineering expertise in teaching and research support Base Salary $112,628 17% superannuation About the opportunity The Staff Engineer will provide expert advice, supervision, guidance and technical support to researchers and students within Technical Areas. They work closely with researchers, key educators and other technical staff to investigate and design new technologies and implement setups for use in teaching and research activities. The role also ensures that relevant Work, Health and Safety standards are met and are aligned to the University’s WHS policy and relevant legislation. Your key responsibilities will be to: manage the Technical Areas, including meeting the needs and objectives of its users provide expert advice, sound technical teaching and research support and assistance to Technical Area users ensure that the Technical Area’s systems, reporting and documentation requirements are met, including governance and ethics reporting lead the implementation of service improvements, service excellence and operational efficiencies plan and manage the effective utilization of resources About you tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering, with relevant experience in Photonic, and/or RF(radio frequency) (ideally in higher education environment) providing support in an engineering research and teaching laboratory environment or an equivalent combination of relevant training and experience. A willingness to undertake further studies to better develop their skills in laboratory techniques/ methods. experience in managing laboratory and workshop facilities, including experience in demonstrating experiments and using specialised equipment/apparatus. Experience in optimising protocols, developing research and teaching projects, experimental design. experience with the delivery of teaching in a tertiary education setting. Experience supporting and supervising student undergraduate/postgraduate students. ability to work both independently and as part of a team, taking initiative and exercising sound judgement in resolving matters that may arise as part of normal daily work. a strong belief in life-long-learning, the importance of teaching others, and the promotion of engineering for the common good demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise work, sometimes under pressure, with competing priorities and limited supervision. Excellent time and workload management skills with demonstrated ability to prioritise effectively, manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and achieve required outcomes. ability to establish and maintain working relationships with stakeholders. Ability to maintain strong working relationships and to work collaboratively with other staff to support required organisational outcomes sound working knowledge and acute awareness of safety regulations and operating procedures within a photonic equipment and/or RF chamber with demonstrated experience in implementing safety procedures experience with database systems, network communication, and/or web-based application development is highly desirable. Sponsorship / work rights for Australia You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 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