Experience Specialist, Technology

ABOUT US Discovery Place (DP) brings science, nature, and design together to create transformative experiences that enable our community to understand, enjoy and apply science to their lives. Operating four museums in the greater Charlotte, NC metropolitan area, serving more than 700,000 people a year through Museum visits, interactive in-school educational programming and community outreach initiatives. Founded in 1946, Discovery Place is shaping a future where people embrace science to create opportunities, build hope, solve problems and bring positive change for our world.

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Summary The Science Content & Experience Specialist, Technology serves as Discovery Place’s subject-matter expert in emerging and applied technologies and their role in science, society, and everyday life. This position brings education, innovation, creativity, and technical expertise to Discovery Place by developing scientifically accurate, engaging, and participatory education experiences that help visitors understand, explore, and question the technologies shaping our world.

The Specialist identifies emerging technologies and translates them into compelling educational content and curriculum, exhibits, programs, demonstrations, digital experiences, and hands-on activities across Discovery Place Science, Charlotte Museum of Nature, Discovery Place Kids, and Youth Development programming.

Technology areas may include, but are not limited to, robotics, artificial intelligence, computer science, automation, data science, digital fabrication, electronics, sensors, immersive technologies, computational tools, biotechnology, and other emerging technologies. The Specialist is not expected to be an expert in every technology area but serves as a technology generalist who understands fundamental principles, identified meaningful applications, and can rapidly learn and collaborate with other experts as technologies evolve.

The role goes beyond teaching visitors how to use technology. The Specialist helps visitors understand how technologies work, how they are used to solve problems and advance science, what they can and cannot do, and how they are changing the way we live and understand the world.

As an educational institution committed to advancing its mission through exceptional learning experiences and meaningful guest engagement, Discovery Place values experiences that inspire curiosity, foster connection, and empower people to think critically and create confidently. The Specialist will collaborate within the Science and Nature Division and across Early Learning, Youth Development, Exhibits, Research and Evaluation and other teams to create meaningful technology experiences throughout the Discovery Place network.

-Technology Content Expertise This position serves as Discovery Place’s technology content expert with responsibility for identifying, understanding, and translating technologies that have the potential to advance science, change society, or transform how people interact with the world. Areas of expertise may include: artificial intelligence and machine learning, computer science and computational thinking, robotics and autonomous systems, data science, data visualization and digital information, electronics, sensors, and physical computing, human-computer interaction, environmental monitoring technologies, simulation and modeling, coding and programming or other emerging technologies.

- Essential Duties and Responsibilities Content Development
· Serve as subject-matter expert and internal resource on emerging and applied technologies.
· Research, synthesize, and translate current developments in technology for use in exhibits, programs, digital content, demonstrations, and public…