Role title - Lab Instructor - Electronics (EC) Makerspace

Location - Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru

Employment - Full-time

Education - Diploma in Electronics, ECE, EEE, Instrumentation, Embedded Systems, Mechatronics or a closely related discipline.

Experience - Minimum 3 years of relevant hands-on experience

Role purpose

Operate and support the Electronics (EC) Makerspace on a daily basis so that learners can safely build, test and demonstrate working solutions. The instructor will prepare sessions, demonstrate tools, provide first-line troubleshooting, maintain assets and records, and help project teams convert ideas into reliable prototypes.

Key responsibilities

- Prepare equipment, software images, datasets, consumables and safety checks before every scheduled laboratory session.
- Demonstrate tools and workflows; assist students, faculty, research scholars and approved startup/project teams during hands-on work.
- Troubleshoot first-level hardware, software, network and integration issues; document incidents and escalate unresolved failures with evidence.
- Maintain equipment logs, calibration/maintenance records, checkout registers, software-licence records, consumable stock and asset labels.
- Follow approved SOPs, access controls, EHS rules and emergency procedures; stop unsafe or unauthorized work immediately.
- Create quick-start guides, experiment sheets, demo setups and reusable reference projects aligned to courses, hackathons and industry challenges.
- Capture utilization, learner participation, session completion, equipment downtime and prototype progress in the CoE tracker.
- Support open-house events, demonstrations, bootcamps and visits while protecting equipment, data, IP and confidential project material.

Required hands-on equipment and infrastructure The candidate must be able to set up, operate,



demonstrate and perform first-level troubleshooting on the core equipment below.

- ESD workstations, ESD mats/wrist straps, magnifying lamps and desk microscopes
- Soldering stations, hot-air rework stations, fume extractors and PCB holders/clamps
- Digital and handheld oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, function generators, spectrum analyser, LCR meters and logic analysers
- NI ELVIS engineering workstations, DC power supplies and PCB prototyping kits/CNC
- Arduino Uno/Nano, Raspberry Pi 5/Pico, ESP32, STM32 development and FPGA boards
- NVIDIA Jetson and Coral-class edge-AI devices; AI cameras, IoT and sensor kits
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, GSM/GPS modules, JTAG/ST-Link debuggers, breadboards, wiring and mechanical prototyping kits

Required hands-on software and platforms

- PCB CAD and circuit-simulation tools appropriate to the installed lab environment
- Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, STM32Cube tools and FPGA vendor toolchains
- Embedded C/C++, Python, serial/logic/network analysis and firmware-debugging tools
- MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent modelling and signal-processing tools
- Git-based source control and issue/change documentation
- JetPack, CUDA, TensorRT, DeepStream, TAO Toolkit and Isaac ROS for edge-AI projects, where applicable

Core technical capability

- Schematic reading, circuit assembly, soldering/rework, PCB bring-up and root-cause troubleshooting
- Use of oscilloscopes, analysers, meters, power supplies and DAQ with correct measurement practice
- Microcontroller/FPGA programming, sensors,



communication buses, IoT connectivity and firmware debugging
- ESD controls, electrical safety, component traceability, calibration and consumable inventory management
- Ability to support projects such as smart cameras, energy-monitoring devices, PCB inspection, medical wearables, predictive-maintenance nodes, secure IoT gateways and product-ready embedded prototypes.

Experience profile

- 3+ years in a relevant laboratory, workshop, R&D;, manufacturing, IT/engineering support, product-development or technical-training environment.
- Evidence of personally operating the relevant tools, preparing experiments and troubleshooting real hardware/software issues.
- Experience maintaining usage logs, asset/consumable records, SOPs or preventive-maintenance checklists.
- Experience guiding students, trainees, technicians or junior engineers is strongly preferred.

Behavioural capabilities

- Demonstrated bias for safe, hands-on execution and patient learner support
- Clear written documentation and concise technical communication
- Ownership, reliability and ability to work across academic and industry stakeholders
- Comfort working in a multidisciplinary, build-test-learn environment
- Ethical handling of data, equipment, access, IP and safety responsibilities

Success measures

- On-time lab/session readiness and protected completion of scheduled practical work
- First-line issue resolution and quality/timeliness of escalation evidence
- Equipment, software, calibration, checkout and consumable records kept current
- Student support quality, learner competency and successful completion of experiments/prototypes
- Adherence to SOPs, safety, access, data/IP and housekeeping requirements
- Reusable guides, demo setups and reference projects created for the CoE

📌 Lab Instructor - Electronics Makerspace (Bengaluru)
🏢 Dayananda Sagar University
📍 Bengaluru