Electronics Shop Manager

Electronics Shop Manager Full-time Work Format: Fully On-Site Harvard Job Function: Technical Union: 00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary Salary Grade: 059 Department: Shops FLSA Status: Exempt Company Description By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. Why join the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences? At the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), we work within and beyond the disciplines of engineering and foundational science to address the most pressing issues of our time. Through teaching and collaborative research, SEAS discovers, designs, and creates novel technologies and approaches to societal challenges – in service to the world, the nation, and our community. We collaborate across academic areas at SEAS and the larger university, and with colleagues in academia, industry, government and public service organizations beyond Harvard. By joining SEAS, you will be part of an inclusive community of dedicated problem-solvers who hold themselves – and one another – to the highest academic and professional standards. To learn more about us, please visit https://seas.harvard.edu/ . Job Description Job Summary: The Electronics Shop Manager provides advanced technical expertise in support of the research and teaching mission of the SEAS/Physics Electronics Shop shared by the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Physics within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). This position serves as a key partner to faculty, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students engaged in experimental research requiring custom electronic instrumentation, rapid prototyping, system integration, and specialized technical problem-solving. The role is primarily technical and researcher-facing, with responsibility for consulting on, designing, fabricating, testing, troubleshooting, and refining custom electronic systems and instrumentation for a wide range of research applications. The Electronics Shop Manager also provides operational oversight for shop resources, including equipment, workflows, safety practices, inventory, budget support, and technical documentation. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Research Collaboration and Technical Consultation Provide advanced engineering consultation and hands-on technical support to faculty, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students developing or modifying custom electronic instrumentation for research and instructional use. Collaborate with researchers to translate scientific and experimental requirements into practical engineering solutions, including development of prototypes, subsystems, and fully integrated instruments. Advise researchers on best practices in instrumentation design, signal integrity, grounding, shielding, noise reduction, measurement reliability, and maintainability. Support a broad range of experimental and instructional applications across SEAS, Physics, and other Harvard units. Instrumentation Design, Fabrication, and Technical Execution Design, fabricate, assemble, test, troubleshoot, and refine custom electronic systems, often on accelerated timelines, in support of active research programs. Support instrumentation needs across a broad range of applications, including analog, digital, mixed-signal, embedded, sensing, and RF/microwave systems, as appropriate to project requirements. Develop and review schematics, PCB layouts, wiring diagrams, interface specifications, and related technical documentation. Program, configure, and troubleshoot microcontrollers, embedded systems, FPGA-based platforms, and associated hardware/software interfaces used in research instrumentation and control systems. Integrate commercial