Working title:
Instrumentation Tech/Assoc Instrumentation Tech

Official title:
SR INSTRUMENT TECH(S54BN) or INSTRUMENTATION TECH(S54DN) or ASSOC  
INSTRUMENT TECH(S54FN)

Principal duties:
The Department of Geology and Geophysics, UW-Madison, carries out  
geoscience research with state-of-the-art laboratory and field  
instrumentation and computer and visualization facilities. Laboratory  
facilities support research in geochemistry, geology, and geophysics.  
Laboratory equipment includes mass spectrometers, electron and optical  
microscopes, chromatographs, Polymerase Chain Reaction system, various  
thin section and sample preparation devices, an X-Ray Diffractometer,  
and a high-pressure sonic velocity system. The department's faculty is  
involved in numerous field-based research projects around the world.  
Instrumentation used in these field-based studies include geodetic  
GPS, high-frequency and broadband seismographs, ground penetrating  
radar, gravimeters, hydrology data loggers, and a total station  
surveyor. High-performance computers and computer visualization are  
used for data analysis and modeling in geoscience.

We seek an Instrumentation Technologist to support our research  
programs and facilities. Duties include:
--- Assist / conceptualization, design, construction, operation,  
testing, maintenance, modification, and programming of complex  
laboratory instrumentation systems
--- Deployment, operation, and maintenance of field instrumentation  
systems
--- Operation, maintenance, and programming of computer systems for  
data analysis and theoretical modeling
--- Providing technical advice to researchers on equipment acquisition
--- General assistance with technical operations in the department
--- Planning, staging, and carrying out field deployments and  
maintaining and trouble-shooting instrumentation in the field
--- Data management from field projects, software maintenance and  
development, operating system maintenance, hardware and network  
maintenance and trouble-shooting.

Degree and area of specialization:
Bachelors of Science in electrical engineering, computer science, or  
related field required.

Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:
A minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience required.

See http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_061242.html for further details and  
application information.