Electrical Technician 4

The NSF NOIRLab is the preeminent US national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy. NOIRLab is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) which operates as a matrix organization, providing services across a range of programs: Gemini, Rubin, MSO (CTIO and KPNO), and CSDC; with facilities in three geographic locations: Arizona, Chile and Hawai’i. The mission of NOIRLab is to enable breakthrough discoveries in astrophysics by developing and operating state-of-the-art ground-based observatories and providing data products and services.

The NSF NOIRLab is hiring for an electrical technician, working primarily at our summit facility on Maunakea, and occasionally at our base facility in Hilo. The electrical technician will play a vital role in maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the sophisticated facilities and telescope electrical systems that enable world-class astronomical research at the Gemini Observatory on Maunakea (https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/gemini-observatory/gemini-north/).

The position is available at various levels, depending on the successful candidate’s experience, education, and demonstrated ability. All technicians work in a collaborative, team-based environment supporting observatory operations and maintenance.

#### Job Level Summary

The Electrical Technician provides technical support with maintaining, operating, repairing, and upgrading telescopes, instruments and observatory electrical and related systems and carries out their work duties in a collaborative and team-based environment.

The Electrical Technician is expected to support other team members in adjacent fields, such as electronics and mechanics.

#### Essential Functions:

• Maintain, operate and repair telescopes, instruments and observatory electrical systems, and support development and upgrade projects aimed to improve the observatory's performance with no supervision.
• Assemble and tr...