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Technical Instructor
  • Job Number: 25282
  • Functional Area: Academic (non-faculty)
  • Department: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • School Area: Engineering
  • Pay Range Minimum: $90,000
  • Pay Range Maximum: $113,000
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:
  • Pay Grade: No Grade


Posting Description

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTOR, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), to join the largest department at MIT, with over 2,400 undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in its academic programs; under minimal supervision, assist students building course related projects using rapid prototyping machines and related activities emphasizing electronics; instruct students on safety procedures and operation of all lab equipment for an undergraduate teaching lab that serves hundreds of students every semester; prepare and provide in-class demonstrations in several electronics courses, per the instructors’ requests. The EECS DTL has established a portfolio (including the components and equipment needed) of demos and will offer training to the hired person.

A full job description is available here.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Associate degree in a technical field and a minimum of five years of relevant hands-on educational or industrial experience or equivalent; enjoy teaching undergraduate students one-on-one; skills with electronics design, electronics fabrication, CAD, ECAD, embedded systems, machining, mechanical assemblies, rapid prototyping, and facility management; ability to handle confidential information and use discretion in handling complex teaching and personnel situations; and ability to communicate productively with a variety of different people in diverse settings.

This position is on campus full-time. This position will be conducted in EECS Department Teaching Laboratory (DTL) Engineering Design Studio.

Please note that the submission of a cover letter is required to apply for this position.

10/24/2025