Senior Staff Lab Manager (R5090)

The role

Lead the design, build, operation and long-term strategy of engineering laboratories. Manage a multidisciplinary team of lab engineers, infrastructure engineers and technicians that supports hardware and software development and testing.

What you will do

• Own the vision, architecture and roadmap for engineering lab infrastructure
• Design, build and commission new laboratory spaces
• Own day-to-day lab operations across engineering disciplines
• Plan maintenance, calibration, repairs and equipment lifecycle management
• Support hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop and integration environments
• Lead, recruit, mentor and develop lab staff
• Set standard operating procedures, documentation and best practices
• Manage vendor relationships for lab equipment and services
• Work with Hardware, Software, Systems, Manufacturing and Test Engineering teams
• Partner with IT, Facilities, Security and EH&S teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• 10+ years supporting complex engineering laboratories or technical infrastructure
• 5+ years technical leadership or people management
• Experience designing and building engineering labs from concept through deployment
• Understanding of power distribution, network architecture, server and storage, instrumentation, environmental controls and safety systems
• Experience managing equipment lifecycle, maintenance, calibration, upgrades and modernization
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering organizations
• Laboratory infrastructure design and architecture
• System-level engineering and integration
• Networking (Ethernet, VLANs, managed switches, routing)
• Hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop systems
• Asset management and inventory systems

Nice to have

• Experience supporting robotics, aerospace, defense, automotive or autonomous systems development
• Experience with secure or classified development environments
• Knowledge of systems engineering processes and system architecture
• Experience with laboratory automation and infrastructure-as-code
• Familiarity with cloud-connected engineering workflows and hybrid infrastructure
• Programming and scripting in Python, MATLAB, C/C++ or similar
• Active Top Secret clearance or eligible to obtain one

Benefits

• Full-time regular employees: bonus
• Full-time regular employees: equity
• Benefits package for full-time regular employees
• Temporary employees: temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment

Before you apply

• US citizenship required
• Active Secret clearance required
• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.