Engineering Lab Technician - Engineering Technology

About Us

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower our 47,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens. Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision. Come Take Flight at KSU!

Location

Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.
Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144.

Department Information

• Prepare, maintain, troubleshoot and repair engineering lab and machine shop equipment.
• Create Standard Operating Procedures, safety guidelines for labs or equipment and other documents relevant to the use of mechanical equipment.
• Assist students and faculty with fabrication of components, lab projects, student projects, test specimens and research parts.
• Maintain inventory and contribute to best safety practices ensuring students receive proper training and follow safe practices in accordance with appropriate standards.
• Complete periodic training courses and maintain knowledge and skill with changing technology for fabrication, maintenance, and assembly.
• Provide guidance regarding safe equipment operation and implementation of laboratory procedures.
• Support the College with maintenance by fabricating and repairing university equipment.
• Support the College by working 10-30% each week across multiple departments on college related tasks (ex. equipment set up).
• Procure components and materials needed for fabrication, assembly, and/or repair of laboratory systems.
• Manage an inventory of spare parts and enforce practices of general laboratory organization and cleanliness.

Required Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: Associate's, technical, vocational or related degree and/or certificate from an accredited institution of higher education or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.
• Other Required Qualifications: Current, valid and unrestricted driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Possession of a Certificate in welding, CNC Machining, tool and die.
• Previous experience in fabrication with Manual and CNC machining experience producing high quality objects, Welding, Laser/plasma/waterjet cutters, Press brake / metal forming equipment.
• An advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a related field.
• A Certificate in an engineering technology field related to the assigned discipline.

Additional Qualifications

• Knowledge of G-code and various CNC/manual machining equipment.
• Knowledge of materials and proper specifications for fabrication of parts.
• Operational knowledge of SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
• Proficiency in or the ability to learn basic physics (forces, load transfers, vibrations, energy transfer).