The Senior Academic Technologist for the Innovation Center is an experienced, collaborative, and inventive leader who shapes an interdisciplinary, experimental, and hands-on teaching and learning environment. This role brings together students, faculty, and staff to explore how emerging technologies—from robotics and digital fabrication to AI, AR/VR, and motion capture—can transform learning, research, and creative practice across the liberal arts. The position advances the College’s commitment to intellectual curiosity and flexibility; aesthetic and analytical discernment; disciplinary practice; creativity and communication; and engaged citizenship.
The Senior Academic Technologist leads the daily operations, safety, instruction, and programming for the Innovation Center’s makerspace and advanced technology studios, including facilities for laser cutting, woodworking, metalworking, 3D printing, robotics, motion capture, and immersive media. This role is central to enabling hands-on, team-based, and socially intelligent innovation experiences that prepare Hamilton students to lead and design in a rapidly evolving, technology-driven world. This in-person, front-facing role reports to the Director of Academic Technology, Teaching, and Research Services.
Artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, robotics, and immersive technologies are reshaping every field of study. Hamilton’s Innovation Center positions the College at the forefront of preparing liberal arts students—not just as technologists, but as thinkers, designers, and leaders across all disciplines—to engage these tools critically, creatively, and collaboratively. The Senior Academic Technologist will play a defining role in bringing this vision to life.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Ability to build and maintain partnerships across campus.
Ability to foster an inclusive, equitable, and accessible learning community.
Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
Knowledge of current trends in innovation and emerging technologies, and their applications in the arts and liberal arts disciplines.
Knowledge and familiarity with design thinking, project management, and technology-driven creative practices.
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Ability to assess project needs, ask relevant questions, and match users with appropriate tools, methods, and resources.
Basic teaching, training, or facilitation skills with learners of varying technical and artistic experience.
Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively in oral and written formats.
Organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management sufficient to handle multiple responsibilities.
Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks for self and others in a dynamic environment.
Adaptability, flexibility, and willingness to engage in ongoing professional learning.
Professional demeanor and service orientation when interacting with students, faculty, staff, and the public.
Knowledge of design thinking methodologies and interdisciplinary project-based learning.
Education & Experience:
Required:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
Demonstrated hands-on experience with makerspace technologies, including laser cutting, CNC router, woodworking, metalworking, 3D printing, and robotics.
Experience developing and enforcing safety protocols in fabrication or lab environments.
Experience instructing or training users in an inclusive technical environment.
Experience designing or facilitating experiential learning, hands-on workshops, or technology-enhanced learning experiences for students and/or faculty.
Commitment to inclusive pedagogy, team-based learning, and liberal arts values.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in a higher education makerspace, innovation lab, fabrication shop, or similar environment.
Familiarity with AR/VR, motion capture, immersive media, or emerging experiential technologies.
Experience supervising and mentoring student employees.
Interest in the ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of technology and innovation.
Hamilton College is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an accessible, supportive environment and an educational experience that recognizes a wide array of experiences, backgrounds and viewpoints as integral components of academic excellence. Candidates who can contribute to those goals are encouraged to apply and identify their strengths in these areas.
Innovation Center:
https://www.hamilton.edu/about/campus-facilities/nye-innovation-center
Benefits:
For Benefits Information, please navigate to the following link:
https://my.hamilton.edu/offices/human-resources/employment/job-opportunities