Jobs UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

The ITL Program and Laboratory is an educational unit within CEAS supporting hands-on courses and workshops in undergraduate and graduate engineering to over 6,000 students each academic year. In addition to engineering college students, the program also serves the K-12 community through its pre-college engineering education program, which includes in-class and after-school engineering design activities, summer camps, and teacher professional development workshops.

The ITL Program (ITLP) is committed to honoring unique backgrounds and experiences. Join our team and help us build a more inclusive and diverse academic and engineering culture — apply today!

Technical Consultation, Leadership, and Instruction: Prototyping & Material Testing

• Independently researches, tests and implements prototyping equipment in the ITL Laboratory, focused on additive manufacturing and laser cutting.
• Spearheads the entire ITLP rapid-prototyping ecosystem. This ecosystem includes training of hundreds of students a year—via a variety of hands-on workshops—on the use and repair of 3D printers. It also includes the development and constant iteration of workshop content, the maintenance and complex repair of nearly 20 printers, and the life-cycle management of all equipment.
• Partners with the EEO team to support the material-testing ecosystem. This ecosystem includes training students to use various equipment (e.g., universal testing machines, torsion machines, and vibration shakers), the development and iteration of hands-on workshop content, equipment maintenance and repair, and life-cycle management of all equipment.
• Conducts numerous hands-on educational workshops for students and/or faculty each semester (3D printing, material testing, vibration testing, 3D scanning, strain gauges, sensors, laser cutters, etc.) and trains ITL Program student staff to do the same.
• Works in a cooperative and collaborative manner with professors, TAs, staff and students to provide educational support for all aspects of engineering projects.
• Reads, writes and debugs LabVIEW VIs, Arduino code, and additional programming environments as needed.

Faculty Collaboration and Engineering Education Curriculum Development

• Works with multiple CEAS faculty members to design and build hands-on equipment and curriculum for their courses. Assists in the instruction or implementation of this curriculum, as needed.
• Evaluates ITLP experiments for effectiveness in demonstrating fundamental concepts to students in intriguing and informative ways.

Laboratory Process Improvement and Quality Control

• Continuously creates learning and technological opportunities for CU engineering students, ensuring that students have modern and robust technology at their disposal.
• Proactively ensures that lab stations, test and measurement systems, and experimental modules function reliably.
• Anticipates student needs and manages the stock of required material and equipment to ensure that project-based engineering courses run smoothly.

Pre-College Engineering Education Support

• Supports ITLP collaboration efforts with program partners such as the CU Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE), The BOLD Center, I Have a Dream Foundation, TeachEngineering, the NSF-funded ASPIRE Engineering Research Center, and others.
• Develops and facilitates hands-on skill-building workshops for teachers, pre-college campus visits, outreach activities, summer camps, and other opportunities.
• Reviews multiple TeachEngineering curriculum submissions per year to further integrate the ITLP's pre-college initiatives with the EEO team.
• Serves as an engineering role model for pre-college students and visitors, making a positive impression and promoting interest in engineering and technology careers.

Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be produced within three (3) days of hire.

All University of Colorado Boulder employees are required to comply with the campus COVID-19 vaccine requirement. New employees must provide proof of vaccination or receive a medical or religious exemption within 30 days of employment.

• Professional 1: $60,000 - $62,800.
• Professional 2: $63,000 - $64,800.
• Professional 3: $65,000 - $75,932.

Please note that while the position details both required skills above as well as desired skills and experience below, we want applicants to be aware that they do not need to have all of the desired skills and experience to be considered for this position. If you meet the minimum qualifications, have passion for the work, you are encouraged to apply. We encourage on-the-job training for any additional skills or knowledge that become relevant to the position.

• Experience in system development, CAD, engineering testing, and/or additive manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with electrical and mechanical systems, circuitry, wiring, soldering, crimping, use of power supplies, oscilloscopes, and other essential laboratory equipment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to thrive in an interrupt driven, service-focused, and fast-paced environmental, where quick decision-making and multitasking are demonstrated daily.
• Cultivates an atmosphere of helpfulness, responsiveness, respect, flexibility, and courtesy.
• Sensitivity to and appreciation of cultural, political, and geographical differences, with ability to work well with faculty, staff and students from around the world.
• (Preferred, not required) Bilingual language skills.

P2 Level:

• Master's degree in engineering or a related field (will allow for substitution of two years of experience).
• Two years of working or teaching experience in engineering or a related field.

P3 Level:

• Master's degree in engineering or a related field (will allow for substitution of two years of experience).
• Three years of working or teaching experience in engineering or a related field.