Engineering Lab Assistant Rapid Proto

OVERVIEW

JOB TITLE: Engineering Lab Assistant - Rapid Proto

LOCATION: St. Paul Campus

PAY: $16.50

JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide excellent customer and technical service for our students, faculty and staff as they access the rapid prototyping resources offered by the School of Engineering.
• Operate, clean and maintain industrial 3D printers and laser engraving machines. Prior 3D printing experience is helpful but not required.
• Excellent organizational skills and an attention to detail.
• Familiarity with Solidworks, GrabCad, Inkscape, Trello, MS Office Suite and other related software. Prior experience is helpful but not required.
• Will be expected to work well as a team member, requiring minimal supervision once fully trained.
• Provide moderate design input as drawings and files are received.

Hiring Official: Lauren Deonauth

Email: patr0017@stthomas.edu

To be considered for the position, you must complete and properly submit a Student Availability Form (click to download). Attach the completed form to your application.

Please name your Student Availability Form and resume in the following manner:

[First name] [Last name] [Resume/Availability] For example: John Johnson Availability

To show availability, fill the cells green which you are available and gray which you are unavailble.

Applications submitted without a Student Availability Form or not following the above file naming format will not be considered.

Applications are due by 11:59pm on Saturday, September 19, 2026. Hiring decisions will be finalized and socialized by October 2, 2026 and new hires will be expected to begin working the week beginning October 5, 2026 or sooner.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current enrollment in or successful completion of ENGR 100 or equivalent.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for student employment, St. Thomas students must be degree seeking at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Students must be actively enrolled at least part-time in courses for credit. For further information on eligibility please see the Student Employee Toolkit on One StThomas.

The University of St. Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including

disability and protected veteran status.