Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Lab Technician; Research Programs Specialist; Ph.D. Program

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Lab Technician (Research Programs Specialist) - Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) is the focal point for advanced teaching and research at CUNY, the nation's largest urban public university. With over 35 doctoral and master's programs of the highest caliber, the Graduate Center fosters pioneering research and scholarship in the arts and sciences and prepares students for careers in universities and the private, nonprofit, and government sectors.

The Graduate Center's commitment to research and scholarship for the public good is exemplified by its more than 30 centers, institutes, and initiatives, including its Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), a 200,000 square-foot facility in upper Manhattan, designed to promote collaboration among scientists in five areas of global research and innovation: nanoscience, photonics, structural biology, neuroscience, and environmental sciences.

The Graduate Center (GC) benefits from highly ambitious and diverse students and alumni-who in turn teach hundreds of thousands of undergraduates every year. Through its public programs, the Graduate Center enhances New York City's intellectual and cultural life.

The Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences (SLHS) at the Graduate Center conducts state-of-the-art research using a broad range of experimental methods across six dynamic research laboratories. SLHS’ research involves using various technologies including sound recording and presentation, eye tracking, electroencephalography (EEG), ultrasound, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and other computer-based methods. The program includes faculty and students with diverse backgrounds, research interests, and technical expertise.

For more information visit:https://www.gc.cuny.edu/speech-language-hearing-sciences.

The SLHS Program seeks a Lab Technician to support faculty members and students in the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and procurement of specialized hardware and software used in its research laboratories, as well as general computing. Reporting to the Executive Officer, this individual also provides support services for lectures, laboratory, or other instructional activities as needed to help maintain the technological infrastructure that supports the program's research and educational mission.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Work directly with faculty, staff, and students to provide technical support for laboratory equipment, hardware, software, and computing resources.

• Maintain, troubleshoot, calibrate, and ensure the safe operation of laboratory equipment, instruments, computers, research systems, tools, and other electronic and mechanical devices.

• Manage laboratory and program inventory, including checking tools and equipment in and out, monitoring stock levels, ordering supplies and equipment, processing purchases, and maintaining inventory, procurement, and service records.

• Provide instructional support for laboratory courses and research activities by assisting with demonstrations and training students, staff, and other users in laboratory procedures, equipment operation, software use, and safety practices.

• Aid students and faculty in experimental design and analysis using current programming tools, such as Python and MATLAB.

• Support research operations, in configuring, testing, maintaining, and troubleshooting research hardware and software;

• Responsible for maintenance of technical documentation, user manuals, standard operating procedures, and maintenance records for laboratory hardware and software.

• Assist with research administration, including, compliance documentation, and…