Research Engineer Senior

20% - Project, System and Circuit Design: Develops the overall system design for state-of-the-art instrumentation in consultation with the faculty and/or students with whom the instrument is being developed, together with the other professional members of the Instrumentation Design Laboratory.

20% - Oversight of Laboratory Operations:

• Supervise IDL personnel
• Schedule and maintain records of Lab Projects
• Provide appropriate billing information for generation of monthly invoices and budget control
• Work with Physics & Astronomy and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences on evaluation of the rate structure
• Prepare quarterly reports for Physics & Astronomy
• Prepare an annual report for Physics & Astronomy and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

20% - Project Implementation:

• Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design: Designs and lays out the PCBs or supervises other staff members doing so using advanced concepts of layout design
• Low-level Programming: Develops drivers for hardware devices. Develops efficient Field-Programmable Gate Array code. A very good understanding of C, assembly languages, and Hardware Description Languages is required as well as an understanding of the FPGA architecture.
• User experience design and implementation.

15% - Exploration: Monitor and test new technologies for future projects.

15% - Multi-institutional Project Development: Participates in multi-institutional planning. Travel for development and for deployment (for example, to other institutions, other labs, CERN, and the South Pole) is necessary.

10% - Other: Duties as required for the mission of the Instrumentation Design Laboratory. Examples include working with and mentoring students and developing relationships with potential customers inside and outside KU.