Advertisement Number: P.Rect./R&D/2026/188

Essential Qualification: B.E./B.Tech + 3 years experience in relevant field

Areas of Educational Qualification: Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a closely related field.

Desirable Experience: Candidate should have prior field work experience

Ideal candidate: Should be ready to perform extensive field work. Candidate should be sincere and honest, especially in financial matters. Should be ready to undertake any work assigned by the Principal Investigator.

Salary: INR 31600-2600-78400 per month (Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills)

Nature of position: Temporary / Contractual

Duration of appointment: 1 year or till the end of the project (whichever is earlier), renewed annually based on performance.

Nature of Work:

1. Deployment of IoT based air quality monitors with solar panels at designated locations.
2. Ensure calibration and maintain air quality monitor uptime.
3. Maintenance & troubleshooting of air quality monitors at field sites.
4. Maintenance of IIT Kanpur colocation-calibration facility.
5. This position requires extensive travel (80% of time). Selected candidate should be willing to travel. (Note:-TA/DA will be paid as per IIT Kanpur norms)
6. Manage any technical issues of the air quality monitors with respect to data download and data access.
7. Coordinate with people on the ground for all maintenance issues and coordinate with Start-Ups on managing maintenance as needed.

About the group: Please visit https://iitk.ac.in/atman/ for details.

Other benefits:

He/she will get the opportunity to work in a conductive environment and can avail the hostel/family accommodation facility (according to availability) at IIT Kanpur.

As regards the medical facilities, only the OPD facility for self shall be available at the Health Centre of IIT Kanpur without any reimbursement of cost of medicines. Any outside referral shall not be reimbursed. For the purpose, a medical booklet shall be provided to you on request.

Selection & how to apply:

The department reserves the right to fix suitable criteria for the shortlisting of eligible candidates satisfying the qualification and experience. The selection will be based on interviews: online and/or in person. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by email about the date of the interview.

Interested candidates may apply—with the below-listed mandatory information—via email to (atman-coe@iitk.ac.in) by September 23, 2026.

1. Resume/CV
2. Cover Letter explaining suitability for the position
3. Contact Information of 2 references

Please mention the post applied for and the advertisement number in the subject line of the email.

Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi
Coordinator,
National Aerosol Facility,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur