Engineering Manager/Director
Lucidya | لوسيديا
Senior Specialist, Research Business Systems
Children's Mercy Kansas City
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Kansas, Missouri
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💰 $31 per hour
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Serve as a trusted technology consultant to research teams, helping them onboard, navigate, and optimize their digital tools and scientific equipment
- Act as a concierge for research teams, building relationships and identifying opportunities for technology-driven improvements
- Onboard and integrate scientific equipment into institutional networks, enabling seamless data flow and storage
- Develop and maintain scripts to automate data transfers and improve operational efficiency
- Create and maintain documentation, including application catalog records and knowledgebase articles
- Operate and maintain 3D printers (Stratasys PolyJet and Prusa FDM)
- Support innovation efforts through CAD design, anatomical model segmentation, and building physical prototypes
- Contribute to robotic automation and embedded systems development (Arduino, ESP32)
- Support rapid prototyping and Makerspace engineering efforts
- Mentor junior staff and interns, fostering technical growth and collaborative problem-solving across the team
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of experience in enterprise application support, IT service desk, or similar OR High school diploma or associate degree and 5–7 years of relevant experience
- Strong IT and networking expertise
- CAD design and 3D modeling experience
- Experience with FDM or PolyJet 3D printing
- Experience with electronic prototyping platforms and microcontrollers (Arduino, ESP32)
- Experience with robotic automation and rapid prototyping
- Prior experience working in a Makerspace environment (preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Kind, inclusive, and self-sufficient work style
- Must live in the Kansas City metro area
- Must be willing to be vaccinated for seasonal influenza and provide immunization records for MMR, varicella, and Tdap as required; medical/religious exemptions discussable with HR
- A drug screen will be performed upon hire
