Technical and Research Infrastructure Director

Job Description

The Technical and Research Infrastructure Director provides strategic and operational leadership for the Virginia Tech Micro-/Nanofabrication Cleanroom and Laboratory within the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering. This shared research and education facility supports semiconductor devices nanophotonics microelectromechanical systems quantum technologies advanced materials biointerfaces and emerging devices.

Reporting to and working under the guidance of the Faculty Director the position translates approved scientific and institutional priorities into implementable equipment engineering instrumentation process-support data-acquisition and facility capabilities. The Director leads the facilitys technical roadmap major equipment programs infrastructure modernization engineering standards configuration control vendor technical relationships and integration of validated research capabilities into routine shared-user operations.

The position supervises technical personnel including the Nanofabrication Process and Integration Engineer and coordinates activities across the Whittemore Hall Cleanroom Electron-Beam Lithography Laboratory university service units faculty laboratories equipment vendors and approved user projects. The Director also oversees facility budgets cost-recovery and user-fee structures the laboratory information management and billing platform external partnerships and eligible extramural infrastructure-funding efforts.

Required Qualifications

Advanced degree in engineering physical science applied science or a related field or a bachelors degree with significant relevant professional experience.
Professional experience in semiconductor fabrication microfabrication nanofabrication scientific instrumentation advanced manufacturing or research infrastructure.
Experience commissioning integrating modifying troubleshooting or managing sophisticated equipment.
Experience with vacuum systems lithography plasma processing thin-film deposition instrumentation controls sensors networking laboratory automation or a comparable technical area.
Experience leading complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Experience with budget or resource-management responsibilities.
Experience developing technical specifications procedures configuration records or engineering documentation.
Experience supervising mentoring or coordinating technical personnel.

Preferred Qualifications

Doctoral degree in a relevant engineering or physical-science discipline.
Proven history of progressively responsible technical leadership experience in a university cleanroom shared-user facility semiconductor facility national laboratory or advanced industrial research environment.
Experience with advanced fabrication and characterization technologies such as electron-beam lithography plasma etching atomic-layer deposition chemical-vapor deposition physical-vapor deposition or advanced metrology.
Experience with equipment procurement commissioning acceptance testing vendor coordination and lifecycle planning.
Experience with laboratory automation equipment connectivity data acquisition industrial networking or related technologies using platforms such as Python LabVIEW programmable logic controllers OPC Unified Architecture SECS/GEM EPICS or SiLA.
Experience with scientific-data systems digital modeling machine learning cyber-physical systems or automated laboratories.
Experience with facility financial management cost-recovery or user-fee models laboratory information management systems or laboratory billing platforms.
Experience with cleanroom or laboratory planning construction modernization or expansion projects including coordination with architects and contractors.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Restricted

Salary Information

$121000$131000 Commensurate with Experience

Hours per week

40

Review Date

10/23/2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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