Role title - MANAGER - Electronics (EC) Makerspace
Location - Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru
Employment - Full time
Education - B.Tech./B.E. in Electronics, ECE, EEE, Instrumentation, Embedded Systems, Mechatronics or a closely related discipline.
Experience - Minimum 5 years of relevant hands-on experience

Role purpose
Lead the Electronics (EC) Makerspace as a safe, well-utilized and outcome-driven facility. The role combines technical leadership with lab operations, capability building, vendor/asset governance and delivery of academic, research, startup and industry outcomes. The manager is expected to remain hands-on and able to guide or troubleshoot the core technology stack.

Key responsibilities
- Own day-to-day lab operations, staffing, schedules, access controls, SOPs, safety, asset uptime and learner experience for the assigned CoE.
- Translate the CoE roadmap into semester, monthly and weekly plans covering courses, workshops, prototypes, research, industry projects and demonstrations.
- Remain technically hands-on: review architectures and test plans,



unblock complex builds, validate critical configurations and lead root-cause analysis.
- Manage equipment commissioning, acceptance testing, calibration, AMC/warranty, spares, consumables, software licences, vendor support and lifecycle planning.
- Work with CoE Heads, deans and faculty to embed the lab into curriculum, capstones, PG/PhD research and faculty development programs.
- Build a transparent pipeline of student projects, sponsored challenges, consultancy assignments, startup prototypes, publications, patents and deployments.
- Plan capacity and budget; track utilization, uptime, training throughput, project milestones, risks, blockers, cost and support required from leadership.
- Ensure documentation, data governance, IP/confidentiality, responsible technology use, cybersecurity and applicable EHS/compliance requirements.
- Coach instructors and student assistants; define competency matrice

📌 MANAGER - Electronics (EC) Makerspace (Bengaluru)
🏢 Dayananda Sagar University
📍 Bengaluru