Technical Staff Assistant IV in Mechanical Enigineering at Cockrell School of Engineering

Technical Staff Assistant IV – Mechanical Engineering

Hiring Department: Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status: Non‑Exempt

Earliest

Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS

• Maintain the flow of the curriculum supporting each teaching lab in the student machine shop during fall, spring semesters, and summer sessions.
• Maintain an inventory of student machine shop lab equipment and consumables required for each teaching lab.
• Collaborate with graduate teaching assistants, students, and professors on teaching lab needs, including preparing lab equipment set‑up and specimens, and assisting hands‑on in the student machine shop.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machine shop equipment to ensure the education mission is met.
• Coordinate the purchase of all materials necessary for each teaching lab in the student machine shop.
• Co‑responsible for teaching the Machine Shop certification classes.
• May be asked to teach the department’s ME 350, Machine Tool Operations for Engineering, course for undergraduate students.

• Support filling professional machine shop work orders.
• Independent set‑up and operation of CNC mills, CNC lathes, drill press, shears, brakes, tool cutter grinders, vertical band saws, horizontal band saws, arbor presses, hardness testers, sanders, and a variety of hand tools and power saws.
• Use initiative and independent judgment in constructing instruments to precise standards from start to finish, from rough sketches or general verbal instructions.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machine shop equipment.
• May be assigned additional duties in accordance with departmental needs.

• High school graduation or GED.
• Five years of experience as an instrument maker or machinist beyond the apprentice level.
• Experience with CNC machining using Haas machines and controls on at least a 4‑axis mill and a tool room lathe.
• Must understand G‑code programming at the machine console and have proficiency with Mastercam software.
• Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• Understanding of 3‑D modeling and design software, preferably Fusion 360 or Solid Works/Mastercam; CNC experience with other manufacturing methods.
• Experience with abrasive waterjet cutting, 3‑D printing, laser cutting, plasma cutting, Haas 4th axis mill, or Mazak lathe.
• Welding experience.

This position requires a Class C operator’s driver’s license and a current three‑year driving record. If the applicant is not a Texas resident, a Texas driver’s license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Employees with CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing.

$52,000+ depending on qualifications.

Typical machine shop environment.

• Resume/CV
• Letter of interest
• Three work references with contact information, at least one supervisor reference.

The University of Texas at Austin is an equal‑opportunity/affirmative action employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The university is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.