Teaching Lab and Design Studio Coordinator

Teaching Lab and Design Studio Coordinator

Date Posted: 01/30/2026
Req ID: 46793
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00044803

About us:
The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is a multidisciplinary research community where investigators across engineering, medicine, and dentistry collaborate to develop innovative solutions that address global challenges in human health. Located in the heart of Canada’s largest health‑care research network, our faculty offer quality education to students who receive training in biomedical and clinical engineering. These highly experienced faculty have been involved in launching more than 20 start‑up companies and driving three major biomedical engineering commercialization ventures.

Your opportunity:
The Teaching Lab and Design Studio Coordinator will report directly to the Manager of Operations and work in close collaboration teaching stream faculty. The successful candidate will be responsible for all teaching laboratory and design studio space, equipment, activities, health and safety inquiries, and shared common equipment. The Coordinator will work with course instructors and teaching assistants to ensure classes run smoothly and efficiently, and will provide safety training to students and other users of BME laboratory and track their records.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Performing lab experiments that require great precision and attention to detail.

- Providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and/or employees on lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols.

- Modifying experimental processes and implementing more efficient ways to conduct experiments.

- Liaising with course instructors to coordinate experiment set‑up to complement theoretical material.

- Preparing, assembling, and setting up material, equipment and supplies used in teaching and/or research labs.

- Providing orientation on lab equipment, working procedures, and practices.

- Providing safety training and ensuring compliance with lab safety procedures and standards.

- Ordering supplies within established limits.

Essential Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering or an acceptable combination of equivalent experience.

- Minimum three years of recent and relevant laboratory experience, preferably in a university teaching environment, and experience with one or more of the following: tissue engineering, bioengineering, or cell biology.

- Experience and knowledge of health and safety legislation and processes.

- Experience preparing solutions and chemicals for experiments.

- Experience developing processes to increase productivity and enhance the efficiency of students’ learning experiences.

- Experience managing a database to maintain files of all chemicals in the laboratory.

- Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem‑solving capabilities within an unpredictable, fast‑paced environment.

- Ability to demonstrate lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols to students, teaching assistants, and other employees.

- Ability to foster and maintain effective relationships with individuals at all levels, and work effectively in a highly collaborative and consultative environment with faculty, course instructors, sessional lecturers, teaching assistants, and other laboratory technicians.

- Ability to work independently and as a team member.

Assets (Nonessential):

- Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering.

- Experience operating biomedical monitor equipment for recording of human electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyography (EMG), or electroencephalogram (EEG).

- Experience operating a force plate for human physiology.

- Experience with procurement software (USource) and university procurement process.

- Demonstrated experience with CAD/CAM design using AutoCAD and Fusion360/Solidworks, 3D processing software, and 3D printers.

- Experience using MATLAB programming and data analysis.

- Demonstrated experience in photolithography fabrication in a cleanroom environment.

To be successful in this role you will be:

- Accountable

- Approachable

- Organized

- Punctual

- Responsible

Eligibility and EEO Statements
The University of Toronto embraces diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity‑deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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