"Senior Technical Officer: Electronic (HEO 5)"

• Based in UniSA STEM at the Mawson Lakes campus
• Full-time, continuing position
• Commencement salary: $76,304 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About You

You are skilled in electronics engineering. It is likely you will have expertise in designing, programming, fabricating, operating and maintaining specialist electronic equipment. You communicate well and enjoy collaborating in a team. Workplace health and safety (WHS) is front of mind in your day to day work. This is a great opportunity if you are a graduate, seeking work in your specialty of electronics.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager: Technical Services (Electrical, Electronics and IT), you will be responsible for applying your electronic expertise within a workshop setting. You will help undergraduate and postgraduate students with their projects and research activities as well as maintain the electronics equipment. You will occasionally provide support to projects within the Future Industries Institute, as well as look after STEM Aviation’s Boeing and Airbus like flight simulators. 

About UniSA STEM

UniSA STEM links engineering, mathematics, science, defence and cybersecurity, environmental science, aviation, information technology, construction and project management, harnessing the connections across disciplines to bring big ideas to fruition. 

About UniSA

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Qualifications/Trade Certificate in electronic/electrical engineering or a relevant discipline
• Expert knowledge one or more of the following areas: electronics, embedded systems, mechatronics, industrial control systems, or electrical power systems
• Analytical skills appropriate to effective problem solving and support for a diverse group of users
• Diagnostic skills with demonstrated experience in applying theoretical knowledge to conceptual design and ability to communicate complex technical matters
• Demonstrated understanding of best practice WHS principles and procedures

Benefits

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits including

• Access to great personal development opportunities 
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17% 
• Work Life flexibility including working from home, family responsibility leave and individual flexibility agreements
• Staff study support 
• A variety of leave arrangements

View more benefits here.

Culture

As a University of Enterprise, we offer a dynamic and agile workplace culture, one that embraces challenges and thrives on breaking new ground. Our staff are creative and innovative thinkers, communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm. We embrace diversity and inclusion in a vibrant, engaging environment. Our people are authentic, resilient, and influential, and we deliver results.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our people, so we strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and genders to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from different cultural backgrounds, female and gender diverse applicants and people with disabilities.

Start Your Unstoppable Career!

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at UniSA. The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address. 

Please address your cover letter to Ruth Haren, Team Leader: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at recruitment@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 6436.

Applications close: 11:30pm Wednesday 21 August 2024