Specialist Technician - Digital Development; Part time

Position

Specialist Technician – Digital Development (Part Time)

Grade UE06: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum, pro rata (salary per annum pro rata for 14 hours per week)

Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Part-time: 14 hours per week (0.4 FTE)
• Permanent contract (open-ended)
• 100% on-campus work required

Edinburgh College of Art is looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable creative technologist who enjoys hands‑on work with digital development. If you have considerable experience of creative electronics projects, development boards, and have developed using C++ and Python, we want to hear from you. A keen interest or experience with other languages, IoT, soldering or robotics is highly desirable. You will support a range of cutting‑edge technologies in our workshops, helping staff and students across disciplines.

• Support students and staff with teaching, research and imaginative project work across a broad range of disciplines.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for creative electronic projects, development boards, IoT devices, soldering and robotics.
• Produce high‑quality documentation and learning material for students and staff, using diverse delivery methods.
• Work closely with the wider ITTS Digital Making Team, pushing technology limits to bring imagination to reality.
• Ensure health and safety within busy technical workshops, with students as the primary users.

• Demonstrable in‑depth technical knowledge and experience of relevant processes and equipment.
• Inquisitive attitude and desire to learn new skills and technologies.
• Proven ability to present technical ideas and concepts to audiences with varied skill levels.
• Strong grasp of health and safety aspects in technical workshops.
• Ability to produce high‑quality documentation and learning material.

Please apply via the University website. Include the following documents in your application:

• A combined CV and cover letter in a single document.
• Links to portfolios or related work in that document.

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• Part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive staff benefits, including generous holiday entitlement, pension schemes, staff discounts and family‑friendly initiatives.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. This role will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship.

Closing date for applications: 12th January 2026, 11:59pm GMT.

Interview date: 10th February 2026.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Job function:
  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industry: Research Services