Biomedical Engineering Technician - SOD

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Job Requisition ID:

R00051269

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

SOD - Clinical Affairs - Ambulatory Director

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Biomedical Engineering Technician - SOD

Job Summary:

Performs entry-level biomedical engineering duties to support safe, reliable, and effective operation of medical equipment used in patient care and clinical services. Troubleshoots, repairs, inspects, calibrates, tests, and maintains equipment while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Degree (Associate’s or Bachelor’s) and one (1) year of work experience in biomedical technology or healthcare electronics.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required:

N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and the fundamentals of electricity, electronics, and solid-state devices. Knowledge of biomedical equipment and functions. Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications. Ability to diagnose and resolve equipment malfunctions. Ability to comply with safety, environmental, and infections control standards and practices. Ability to maintain files and records. Employees working in dialysis departments must be able to discern color differences for water testing. 

Responsibilities

• Maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, calibrates, and tests analog and/or digital biomedical electronic equipment, instruments, and apparatus.
• Performs preventive maintenance and/or electrical safety inspections on equipment.  Tests, adjusts, and calibrates to federal, state, and local electrical and fire safety standards and manufacturer specifications.
• Assists with the installation of patient care or clinical laboratory equipment and with the development of methods and procedures for proper operation of electronic equipment.
• Ensures compliance with safety and environmental procedures.
• Confers with faculty, staff, clients, vendors, students, and/or supervisors in determining equipment problems or fulfilling service requirements.
• Evaluates medical equipment and prepares reports and documentation for unusual incident equipment malfunctions. Assists in creating and maintaining database files for equipment inventory.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, frequent activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, constant pushing/pulling, constant reaching, constant sitting, constant standing, and constant walking (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

07/2/2026

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):

07/4/2026