The Lab Engineer supports the setup, operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of engineering lab environments used for product development, integration, validation, and troubleshooting.
This role works closely with hardware, software, systems, test, and operations teams to ensure lab equipment and test environments are reliable, properly configured, and available when needed. The Lab Engineer will assist with equipment installation, test setup, data collection, hardware modifications, failure investigation, and general lab operations.
The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, comfortable working across multiple technical disciplines, and able to troubleshoot issues in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Key Responsibilities
• Set up, configure, and maintain laboratory equipment, test stations, racks, fixtures, and supporting infrastructure.
• Support engineering teams with hardware bring-up, integration, validation, debugging, and test execution.
• Perform equipment installation, cable fabrication, soldering, rework, component replacement, and basic circuit modifications.
• Operate common laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, multimeters, network analyzers, and environmental test equipment.
• Collect, organize, and document test data, equipment configurations, procedures, and results.
• Troubleshoot hardware, cabling, power, communication, network, and test equipment issues.
• Maintain equipment calibration records, preventative maintenance schedules, inventory, and lab documentation.
• Develop or modify basic scripts and tools to automate equipment control, data collection, reporting, or repetitive lab activities.
• Support lab safety, organization, access control, equipment handling, and configuration management practices.
• Coordinate with engineering teams, vendors, facilities, and other stakeholders to resolve lab issues and support new test capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to improve lab reliability, efficiency, repeatability, and utilization.
Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
