About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Position Summary
Fixed-term, full-time available for 4 years

Compensation Grade:
Higher Education Officer Level 7

Salary Range:
$86,821 - $96,107 pa

Reporting to:
Manager, Engineering Services

College of Science and Engineering

Under broad direction from the Manager - Engineering Services, the Electronics Engineer provides quality and timely support to staff and students within the College of Science & Engineering through delivery of technical services. These services include the design, construction, commissioning, advice, repair, instruction and documentation activities required to support Science & Engineering teaching and research activities.

Key Position Responsibilities

• Assisting the Manager – Engineering Services in the delivery of projects and services for teaching and research in accordance with College priorities.
• Functional supervision of Electro-technical team tasks including project scoping, planning, scheduling and contributing to continuous improvement of support service processes.
• Designing, developing, constructing, commissioning and maintaining highly specialised equipment and systems in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Providing expert advice, recommendations and feedback to staff & students on the operation of equipment, safety and practical engineering design considerations within teaching, research and other College supported activities.
• Liaising with outside organisations and contractors on complex technical matters.
• Carrying out repairs, maintenance, calibration to commercial & in-house constructed scientific equipment and systems.
• Performing administrative functions associated with design documentation, purchasing of specialised technical items and test, calibration & maintenance records.
• Preparing Workplace Health & Safety and compliance related documentation and supervision of the systems of safety on one or more teaching laboratories.
• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the role as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

• Relevant degree in Electronic Engineering with broad experience, or, Associate Diploma in Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualification with extensive experience.
• Demonstrated experience functionally supervising teams of professional engineers and technical specialists undertaking a number of concurrent projects.
• Broad experience in complex innovative electronic design work and advanced skill in reading and understanding schematic diagrams, manufacturer data, network connected hardware and technical manuals.
• High level analytical skills together with the capacity to assess, understand, exercise technical judgement and communicate complex technical matters in a clear accurate manner.
• Excellent hand skills and proven ability to perform constructional assembly, rework and repair of electronic assemblies and light mechanical apparatus.
• Experience working in a managed Workplace Health and Safety environment.
• Ability to liaise with a broad range of staff and students together with a demonstrated enthusiasm for customer service and the support of other team members.
• Electronics industry design for manufacturing experience (desirable).
• Formal qualifications and experience in project management (desirable).
• Experience designing with PLCs, FPGAs and embedded systems (desirable).

For application enquiries please contact: Ms Fiona Cramer

Pursuant to Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA) this position has been deemed prescribed. It is an inherent requirement of the position that the successful candidate maintains a current Working With Children Check which is satisfactory to the University.

Information for Applicants:

You are required to provide a suitability statement of no more than three pages, addressing the key capabilities of the position as outlined above. In addition, you are required to upload your CV.

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59 pm:

30 May 2021