Marine Instrumentation Technical Officer

6 months ago


Hobart, Australia CSIRO Full time

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

**Child Safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The Opportunity**:

- **Solve challenging technical problems in this unique research support role.**:

- **Perform your duties in the workshop and on deck, supporting key scientific research.**:

- **Contribute to CSIRO's marine research projects.**

Our Engineering and Technology Research Program works with researchers to deliver next generation marine instrumentation solutions.

The Marine Instrumentation Team is responsible for designing, building, maintaining and operating a wide variety of Marine Science Systems supporting diverse set of marine research projects. This includes underwater sensor arrays, towed camera systems, deep-water acoustic platforms, remotely operated vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles.

As the **Marine Instrumentation Technical Officer**,** **you will provide technical, operational and maintenance support for installation, acceptance testing, commissioning, deployment, fault-finding and repairs to these systems.

Please note: the role will require the ability to travel interstate and occasionally overseas, and work at sea on a range of vessels including small boats, fishing vessels and large research vessels.

**Your duties will include**:

- Building, servicing, repairing, and operating electronic equipment, platforms and instrumentation.
- Development, procurement, configuration, deployment and recovery of marine electronics and instrumentation systems.
- Documenting procedures and maintaining equipment records.
- Being a proponent of safe work practices including contribution to safety systems. This involves:

- conducting risk assessments,
- developing safe work instructions, and
- planning methods to undertake novel research techniques in a safe way.
- Liaising with clients to determine their needs, correcting problems promptly and in a constructive manner.
- Participating in the planning of projects and accepting responsibility for making significant contributions to design and implementation.

**Location**:Hobart, TAS

**Salary**:AU$89,680 - AU$101,459 per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Indefinite

**Reference**:93623

**To be considered you will need**:
**Essential**:

- A relevant Electronics Degree, Diploma or Trades Certificate or equivalent training and experience in electronic engineering or as an instrument or electronics technician operating at a high level.
- Demonstrated experience in independently and systematically identifying, diagnosing and resolving problems on complex electronic systems and having aptitude for advancing system knowledge.
- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude with ability to undertake fabrication, repairs and maintenance using hand tools and/or machinery.
- Ability to communicate in a fluent, courteous and respectful manner, both orally and in writing, and ability to produce documentation and reports using standard office packages.
- Competence to accurately interpret system drawings and schematics, engineering drawings, third party operating and maintenance manuals.
- Demonstrated commitment to safe work practices, environmental sustainability and the principles of equity and diversity.
- Willing and able to travel to other sites (locally, nationally, at sea) to assist with the installation, testing, operation, deployment, recovery or maintenance of equipment.

**Desirable**:

- Ability to carry out software development or maintenance using common development languages such as Python, C/C++, Labview, etc. Demonstrated understanding of design packages, for electronic circuit and PCB design; and/or CAD design drawing packages.For full details about this role please review the Position Description.

**Eligibility**:

- work at sea on a range of vessels, occasionally for periods of up to a month.
- undertake a pre-employment medical examination prior to commencement, to ensure medical fitness for remote deployment on vessels when necessary.

**Flexible Working Arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We c



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