Lab Manager- Temp

Ketteng.com

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Santa Clara, Ca on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description
We are looking for a Lab Technician with a solid background handling labs, inventories and third party vendor interactions. A successful candidate must be a high-energy tactical execution expert and a team player, with a friendly can-do attitude. Highly organized with strong analytical capabilities and communication skills, independently motivated, a resourceful individual with the ability to prioritize and excel in a fast paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and supervise work for multiple hardware test engineering labs, including:
  • Test Station placement, preparation, and setup (instruments, cables, fixtures, station SW install, network setup etc...)
  • Manage a High security lockdown lab environment. Enforce secrecy guidelines and responsibilities for lab users and vendors handling confidential projects
  • Maintain a high level of lab organization and cleanliness
  • Manage lab layout, set up and infrastructure maintenance according to project schedules and space requirements
  • Coordinate and track high volume of inbound/outbound shipments
  • Manage maintenance of multiple test stations, retrofits parts, retrofit schedules, and inventory
  • Organize, audit, and manage a lab equipment assets, HW prototypes, supplies and tools to ensure high productivity for multiple engineering teams
  • Manage third party vendor access, accounts, and security protocols
  • Enforce EHS lab safety and compliance policies (laser, robotics, PPE, etc)
  • Document & implement guidelines and necessary reports to create standards to enable engineers and third parties to follow lab best practices
  • Develop and champion best practice strategies to coordinate and minimize manual work
  • When required be able to perform first level triage on technical issues ( debug station setup, swap device/SW versions, troubleshoot data connection issues, analyze logs, etc...) Required Experience and Skills
  • Familiarity with proper laboratory safety and housekeeping practices
  • Hands-on experience with electronic product assembly, prototype work and handling of sensitive material
  • Experience in MacOS & iOS environments preferred
  • Hands-on and fluent with lab equipment: acoustic meters, digital multimeter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, camera and display equipment, power supply, etc.
  • Excellent communication in English (written and verbal)
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Able to work odd hours and weekends
  • Clean driving record Education and Experience
  • Educational background in Electrical Engineering required (AS/BS preferred), plus at least 2 years related NPI experience or equivalent
  • Proficient in MacOS, iOS, MS Excel or other data base tools and internet savvy Proficiency with MacOS & iOS tools (Keynote & Numbers
About this role

Summary

Manage lab operations, supervise staff, and ensure safety compliance.

Job title

Lab Manager- Temp

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Santa Clara, CA; remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

laboratory safetyelectronic product assemblymacOSiOScommunicationmulti-taskingclean driving record

Preferred skills

NPIexceldata base tools

Specializations

lab managementinventoryvendor managementsafetyelectrical engineering
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Santa Clara, CA, USA

On-site City