Electronics Technologist
About the role
Union/Affiliation:
C.U.P.E. Local 3338
Pay range:
$2,811.25 to $3,183.51 bi-weekly
SFU Department Descr:
Science Technical Centre
Position Grade:
12
of openings:
1
Biweekly Hours:
70
Who We Are
Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.
The Science Technical Centre (STC) provides centralized technical services through its Electronics and Machine Shops, supporting teaching and research activities across the Faculty of Science and other SFU units. The team designs, repairs, maintains, and fabricates scientific and laboratory equipment, ensuring reliability, safety, and cost-effective operation of research infrastructure. STC contributes directly to SFUs academic and research priorities by minimizing lab downtime, supporting innovation, and extending the lifespan of specialized equipment. The team culture is collaborative, service-oriented, and solutions-focused, emphasizing technical excellence, safety, mentorship, and strong partnerships with faculty, staff, and students.
About the Role
The Electronics Technologist provides design, repair, and advisory support for teaching and research equipment across the Faculty of Science and other SFU units. The role supports both specialized and routine laboratory equipment, helping ensure continuity of teaching and research activities. This position contributes to departmental priorities by minimizing equipment downtime, maintaining safety compliance, and supporting in-house technical capacity under the direction of the Manager. Working collaboratively within the Electronics Shop, the technologist assists with consultation, system design, fabrication, programming, testing, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
The Electronics Technologist plays a critical role in supporting teaching and research across the Faculty of Science by providing expert design, repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting of scientific and laboratory instrumentation. Working within the Science Technical Centre, this position helps ensure that research labs, teaching facilities, and safety systems remain reliable, compliant, and operational. The role contributes directly to departmental priorities by minimizing equipment downtime, extending asset lifecycles, and reducing reliance on external service providers. Upcoming initiatives include supporting increasingly complex research instrumentation, assisting with custom electronics design. This role offers hands-on technical work, close collaboration with faculty and researchers, and the opportunity to contribute to a service-driven, problem-solving team that supports SFU's research and innovation goals.
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About Simon Fraser University
As Canada’s engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today’s problems. With campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities – Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey – SFU has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 127 graduate degree programs to more than 35,000 students. The university now boasts more than 160,000 alumni residing in 143 countries.
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Electronics Technologist
About the role
Union/Affiliation:
C.U.P.E. Local 3338
Pay range:
$2,811.25 to $3,183.51 bi-weekly
SFU Department Descr:
Science Technical Centre
Position Grade:
12
of openings:
1
Biweekly Hours:
70
Who We Are
Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.
The Science Technical Centre (STC) provides centralized technical services through its Electronics and Machine Shops, supporting teaching and research activities across the Faculty of Science and other SFU units. The team designs, repairs, maintains, and fabricates scientific and laboratory equipment, ensuring reliability, safety, and cost-effective operation of research infrastructure. STC contributes directly to SFUs academic and research priorities by minimizing lab downtime, supporting innovation, and extending the lifespan of specialized equipment. The team culture is collaborative, service-oriented, and solutions-focused, emphasizing technical excellence, safety, mentorship, and strong partnerships with faculty, staff, and students.
About the Role
The Electronics Technologist provides design, repair, and advisory support for teaching and research equipment across the Faculty of Science and other SFU units. The role supports both specialized and routine laboratory equipment, helping ensure continuity of teaching and research activities. This position contributes to departmental priorities by minimizing equipment downtime, maintaining safety compliance, and supporting in-house technical capacity under the direction of the Manager. Working collaboratively within the Electronics Shop, the technologist assists with consultation, system design, fabrication, programming, testing, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
The Electronics Technologist plays a critical role in supporting teaching and research across the Faculty of Science by providing expert design, repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting of scientific and laboratory instrumentation. Working within the Science Technical Centre, this position helps ensure that research labs, teaching facilities, and safety systems remain reliable, compliant, and operational. The role contributes directly to departmental priorities by minimizing equipment downtime, extending asset lifecycles, and reducing reliance on external service providers. Upcoming initiatives include supporting increasingly complex research instrumentation, assisting with custom electronics design. This role offers hands-on technical work, close collaboration with faculty and researchers, and the opportunity to contribute to a service-driven, problem-solving team that supports SFU's research and innovation goals.
Full
Not the right fit? Search for Electronics Technologist jobs in Burnaby, BC
About Simon Fraser University
As Canada’s engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today’s problems. With campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities – Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey – SFU has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 127 graduate degree programs to more than 35,000 students. The university now boasts more than 160,000 alumni residing in 143 countries.