Lab Instructor/hardware Specialist

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**Job Requisition ID**:
2025-00629

**Time Type**:
Full time

**Employee Group**:
Staff

**Job Category**:
Academic Delivery Support

**Employment Type**:
Permanent

**Department**:
Faculty of Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lab Instruction II

**Hiring Range**:
$71,827.90 - $89,784.87

**Posting Information**:
**This is a Career Path position. The final level will be determined based on demonstrated skills and experience.**:
**Hiring ranges**:
**USG 9: $71,827 - $89,784**
**USG 10: $78,214 - 97,768**:
**Primary Purpose**

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) undergraduate curriculum has two core programs and four interdisciplinary programs. Reporting to the Lab Director, Teaching (Lab Director) and to the theme area Supervisor/Laboratory Instructor (Supervisor), the Laboratory Instructor/Hardware Specialist (Lab Instructor) enhances student success through a positive learning environment and teaches undergraduate (undergrad) laboratory (lab) courses within the established scope and guidelines of the professional degree program.

These positions are responsible for laboratory course delivery and other academic responsibilities, and the technical operation and maintenance of the ECE undergraduate laboratory facilities in support of assigned lab courses. The Lab Instructor collaborates with course faculty for lecture-laboratory synchronization and works in conjunction with faculty members on lab content and development and design of any new experiments to be introduced into the undergraduate laboratory.

**Key Accountabilities**

**Instruction of Students and Assessment of their Academic Performance**
- Prepares and teaches assigned undergrad lab courses.
- Collaborates with faculty course instructors for lecture-laboratory synchronization.
- Ensures academic integrity is maintained in the laboratories.
- Marks student work term reports.
- Assists students on an individual or group basis with lab and related assignments/problems.
- Evaluates student technical presentations and symposium poster marking.
- Supervises/consults/advises/marks fourth year student design projects.
- Develops experiments and writes laboratory materials/manuals in conjunction with faculty.
- Recommends and/or makes necessary changes in materials, techniques or procedures to optimize the value of the lab exercise.
- Plans new labs, conducts and evaluates prototype labs.
- Keeps course content and resources current.

**Supervises Teaching Assistants who Oversee Students performing the Experiments and Exercises**
- Ensures the effective utilization and development of TAs who assist with undergrad laboratories from term-to-term on a changing basis.
- Directs laboratory TAs through the academic term cycle: assigning duties, coordinating their laboratory activities, etc.
- Provides new teaching assistants with training in lab equipment procedures and/or theory, and instruction on experiments and design exercises before each term’s laboratory sessions begin.
- Participates in TA interviewing, ranking, and rating their performance.
- Mentors new or sessional staff in area of expertise.
- Trains other Laboratory Instructors in the use of specialized hardware or software, as required.

**Lab Maintenance**
- Monitors and updates the laboratory equipment inventory.
- Monitors performance to ensure adequate quality control and arranges maintenance of technical equipment.
- Oversees teaching inventory, researches and recommends purchases.
- Maintains the technical and safe operation of the assigned laboratories.
- Recommends and implements approved upgrades and improvements to lab facilities and practices.

**Other Duties**
- Attend lab planning and review sessions.
- Participate in class prof/student rep meetings.
- Trains for other specializations as required by the department.
- Assist with other duties or special projects which may be assigned by the Lab Director or Supervisor.

**Required Qualifications**

**Education**
- Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience. MASc degree or relevant industrial experience is an asset.
- Specialization should encompass the following area: radio frequency/microwaves.

**Experience**
- Five years of experience managing lab operations.
- Experience in working with different measurement instruments in the area of specialization is required.
- Experience with hardware design procedures and software packages related to the area of specialization.
- Exp