<p>Req Id: 36785</p> <p>Job Title: Instructional Support Engineer (Indianapolis)</p> <p>City: Indianapolis</p> <p>Job Description:</p> <p>Job Summary</p> <p>The Instructional Support Engineer works in the Technical Services Group at Purdue Indianapolis and serves as a consultant, providing direct support to faculty, staff, and students in the school's formal instructional labs for all undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering and Motorsports Engineering.</p> <p>Day-to-day responsibilities include maintenance and repair of instructional lab equipment and ensuring the instructional facilities are ready for each lab session. Equipment consists primarily of custom-designed instrumentation that is not commercially available; as such, this position develops documentation related to specification, design, fabrication, testing, and repair of equipment and develops and trains on these elements. Repair and maintenance involve root cause analysis and complex decision-making related to problems that do not have clear solutions and require new, engineered solutions. Through these responsibilities, the Instructional Support Engineer ensures that labs are running at optimal functionality to enable the successful completion of course projects, objectives, assignments, and outcomes for faculty, staff, and students.</p> <p>This position will also provide strategic guidance in the development of new laboratory experiments and apparatus to further modernize the school's undergraduate program. Additionally, this position may also hire and supervise undergraduate students working to support the school's instructional and computer labs.</p> <p>This position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact at a prestigious institution known for innovation and research excellence. Join our community of lifelong learners and contribute your skills to this critical program. At Purdue, you'll find unrivaled pride and unlimited potential as we persistently pursue the next giant leap together. Take the next step in your career journey - apply now to help build a better world at Purdue University.</p> <p>What You'll Be Doing:</p> <ul> <li>Serves as the first point of contact in the ME and Motorsports formal instructional laboratories for course instructors and teaching assistants. </li><li>Provide 'onsite' troubleshooting to ensure the proper functionality of instructional lab apparatus and equipment. </li><li>Provide repair and reconditioning of instructional apparatus as required to ensure all students can successfully complete lab assignments during the scheduled lab periods. Keep records of failures and conduct root cause failure analysis to identify patterns of failure. </li><li>From this analysis and in collaboration with staff in West Lafayette, develop recommendations to modify apparatus to increase reliability while maintaining the functionality needed for achieving desired educational outcomes. </li><li>Serve as a subject matter expert for the use of apparatus and instrumentation in formal instructional labs. </li><li>Provide training as needed to instructional staff on the proper use of apparatus. </li><li>Assist teaching assistants and students with the installation of the required hardware and software such as MATLAB, LabVIEW, and controllers on personally owned equipment used in the instructional labs. </li><li>Coordinate with STEMIT in the required software, hardware, and network infrastructure used in the instructional laboratories. </li><li>Prepare proposals for updating infrastructure in the instructional facilities as required. </li><li>Serve as Point of Contact for installation of custom network infrastructure/configurations to support formal ME courses. </li><li>Foster a culture of safety and learning to ensure all users have a positive learning experience while in the instructional labs. </li><li>Provide informal consultation services in electrical, mechanical, electronics, and measurement systems to students to support course projects in the formal instructional labs. </li><li>Design, develop, and implement safety policies and procedures to ensure the safe operation of each of the formal instructional lab areas. </li><li>Provide training on these procedures for course instructors, teaching assistants, student employees, and students as needed. </li><li>Work with Faculty on the design and development of effective lab activities given the constraints of student count, time, and equipment. </li><li>Work with faculty area groups on the redevelopment of instructional lab spaces, including the development of new apparatus. </li><li>Provide expertise in the design of apparatus to ensure safety and supportability in the instructional labs. </li><li>Work with the Undergraduate office to strategically schedule courses into available instructional lab areas. </li><li>Ensure any 'non-core' classes needing to use instructional lab space can be scheduled to minimize impacts to core users. </li><li>MODERATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Lift and carry 25 to 50 lbs. frequently, and up to 60 lbs. occasionally. </li></ul> <p>About Us:</p> <p>Purdue University in Indianapolis is part of Purdue University West Lafayette, with multiple locations throughout the city of Indianapolis. It bookends America's Hard Tech Corridor, which extends from West Lafayette through new investments in Lebanon's LEAP Innovation District to downtown Indianapolis. It positions our students, faculty and staff in close proximity to top businesses and leading industries, providing new and unique executive education and internship opportunities. Its chief academic officer is David Umulis, senior vice provost and professor, who reports to Provost Patrick Wolfe, and its chief operating officer is Daniel Hasler, former Indiana secretary of commerce.</p> <p>Purdue University has achieved excellence at scale, ranking among the top four U.S. universities in agriculture, graduate engineering and number of utility patents and, across all leading American universities, as No. 1 in undergraduate STEM enrollment. That level of achievement now extends to all parts of Indianapolis. Responding to the strong need expressed by central Indiana business and community leaders for more highly skilled talents in science, technology, engineering and health care disciplines, we will ambitiously grow enrollment to establish a new pipeline of Boilermaker talent to our capital city. Degrees granted and tuition will exactly mirror those in West Lafayette - and all degrees, programs, departments, schools and colleges will be eligible to be considered for a Purdue University in Indianapolis presence. As an extension of the residential West Lafayette campus, Purdue Indy will have multiple locations throughout the city of Indianapolis.</p> <p>What We're Looking For:</p> <p>Education and Experience</p> <p>Qualified candidates will need:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematical field and </li><li>Three (3) years of related experience required </li><li>Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered </li><li>Experience in electronics design, fabrication, and troubleshooting, as well as making and mechanical assembly desired </li><li>Experience in maker spaces and mechanical assembly is desired </li></ul> <p>Skills needed:</p> <ul> <li>Using soldering equipment, hand tools and machine tools </li><li>Good written and verbal skills </li></ul> <p>Who We Are:</p> <p>Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.</p> <p>Additional Information:</p> <ul> <li>MODERATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Lift and carry 25 to 50 lbs. frequently, and up to 60 lbs. occasionally. </li><li>EXPOSURE: Position may require exposure to vapors/fumes and heavy machinery </li><li>Purdue's benefits summary https://www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/ </li><li>Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position </li><li>A background check will be required for employment in this position </li><li>FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime) </li><li>Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period </li><li>Purdue University is an EO/EA University </li></ul> <p>Career Stream</p> <p>Compensation Information:</p> <p>Professional 2</p> <p>Pay Band S065</p> <p>Job Code#20003171</p> <p>Link to Purdue University's Compensation Guidelines: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/mngcareer/compguidelines/index.php</p> <p>FLSA Status</p> <p>Exempt</p> <p>Apply now</p> <p>Posting Start Date: 5/6/25</p>