Electronics Workshop Technician

Working at Leeds

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Main duties and responsibilities

You will meet regularly with Academics and researchers under the direction of the electronic services manager to understand and interpret design challenges and provide electronic/electrical solutions. Your role will be to source, create and manufacture bespoke equipment to agreed specifications considering safety and application outputs.

• Designing and manufacturing of electronic circuits and equipment to meet the needs of service customers;
• Fault finding and repairing of equipment and assemblies to component level;
• Printed Circuit board design and manufacturer using in house facilities;
• Working on your own initiative to help solve problems which achieve the objectives of the work area, raising any issues with more senior staff;
• Planning and performing experiments or other tasks using a range of scientific techniques, sometimes working from a limited brief;
• Liaising with appropriate staff to ensu...