Date Posted: 08/25/2025
Req ID: 44931
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Chemistry
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00058640

 

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.


Your opportunity:

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the position provides technical and administrative lab support in a large research group that is based in Arts and Science but with deep connections to Engineering, Medicine, and beyond.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Constructing proof of concept experiments to test different elements of the process
• Collecting experimental data, verifying results and passing on findings
• Preparing draft statistical reports and summaries from data collected
• Setting-up lab/workshop according to research and/or course schedules
• Troubleshooting routine equipment repairs
• Providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and/or employees on lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols
• Serving as a technical resource on laboratory protocols, and experimental procedures and equipment

 

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum two years of recent and relevant experience providing technical and administrative lab support in the area of microfluidics, including but not limited to conducting experiments relying on microfluidics.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing instruments and recommending designs and optimization of instruments to run customized electrowetting-based digital microfluidic devices.
• Experience with conducting experiments in analytical chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, cell biology, and computer programming, relying on microfluidics.
• Experience working with members of the PI’s research group and collaborators to strategize about interfacing custom instrumentation to microfluidic devices.
• Experience in preparing draft statistical reports and summaries generated from experiments relying on microfluidics.
• Experience providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and/or employees on microfluidic handling and analysis experiments.
• Experience maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) and risk assessments that are required by EH&S
• Experience running and troubleshooting equipment including but are not limited to Nikon Eclipse Ni-U Optical Microscope, FormLabs Form3+ 3D Printer, MakerBot Ultimaker 3D Printer, DISCO (home-built) Optical Microscope, Laurel Spin-Coater, ICP 3020 CNC Machine , Full Spectrum Muse 3D Autofocus 20x12 Desktop CO2 Laser , ThermoFisher Scientific Q Exactive HF-X mass spectrometer with EASY-nLC 1200 system, Illumina MiSeq Sequencer, BioRad ddPCR System, Nuaire NU-540-600 Biosafety Cabinet, Thermo Scientific Model 1323 Biosafety Cabinet, Yamato DX302C Oven, FOM Technologies Mini Roll Coater, BioRad C1000 Touch Thermal Cycler, Bambu X1C 3D Printer, Olympus IX71 Inverted Microscope, Microqubic MRCL700 3D Imager Pro
• Skills/knowledge in instrument design, construction, and testing at the system and component level for digital microfluidic control systems
• Skills/knowledge in analogue and digital electronics, including feedback loops and signal acquisition.
• Knowledge of how to treat and dispose of biological materials and general biosafety, chemical safety, and WHMIS standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational ability, tact and diplomacy in dealing with others.
• Demonstrated problem solving skill with the ability to proactively recognize issues.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Approachable
• Communicator
• Meticulous
• Multi-tasker
• Organized

Closing Date: 09/03/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Grant - Continuing 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 09 -- $67,916. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $86,855. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Engineering / Technical
Recruiter: Ann Yang

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.