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Student Embedded Engineer - Off Campus Work Study Positions

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 509220
Division/Organization: Community Partners
Department: Morgridge Institute for Research
Job Type: Local Work Study Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: UW-Madison Campus
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $18.00
Job Categories: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Local Work-Study Required Student Jobs

Department Overview:

 Morgridge Institute for Research

Anticipated Start Date:

 September 3, 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 5 Maximum: 15

Schedule:

 We are seeking a student who has availability to work during the work week (Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm)

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: $15.00 Maximum: $18.00

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

 To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary responsibilities.

Work study is required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required:
• Working towards a degree with a major in biomedical/mechanical/electrical engineering, computer science or physics. Other specialist areas will be considered if the candidate can demonstrate the necessary technical proficiencies.
• Basic proficiency with C/C++ and hardware programming.

Desirable:
• Basic understanding object-oriented programming and concepts.
• Basic understanding of C/C++ programming and concepts.
• Familiar with the Arduino, Adafruit or Cortex M4, M7 hardware and their software development environments.
• Familiar with the Mac OS operating system and their development environments.
• Familiar with FreeCAD, KiCAD and FreeRTOS.
• Ability to wire and build circuit boards.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The Morgridge Institute for Research seeks a technically-minded student engineer to work on a range of custom microscopy projects. The individual should be able to apply their creativity to expand the scope of our research in biomedical imaging and work in an organized manner to deliver working concepts under the supervision of the lab’s research staff. Our team is highly multi-disciplinary and the role may include prototyping, optical system design, instrument control, biological sample preparation and rudimentary image analysis.

Physical Demands:

Work is normally performed in a typical office/lab environment
No or very limited physical effort is required
No or very limited exposure to physical risk

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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