Lab Technician

Lab Technician

Location: Austin, TX

Job Type: Fulltime

Salary: $80,000-$120,000 a year

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

1x Lab Technician • We need 1 individual to serve as manual lab technicians for the team, and work alongside engineers to perform validation on Mac hardware on 100's of units at a time. The lab technicians will be responsible for unboxing, racking, cabling, scanning, inventory management, lab maintenance, SW/FW updating and assisting with experiments.

Key Benefits

• Doing the manual heavy lifting required by racking and maintaining 100's of Mac NPI hardware and test devices • Assist the team's engineers with their requests for regression or additional data • Keep track of 100's of devices under test and peripherals • Setup hardware and perform regular software updates to hardware under test

In Scope

• 100% on-site role with no remote work. Must be on-site during working hours to support engineers as needed and to execute tests • Unboxing and racking on up to several dozen DUTs, peripherals, and other units of test on a daily basis • Manually preparing hardware to be tested via automated frameworks by first placing, cabling, configuring, and scanning test devices and equipment • Tearing down racks in a quick and efficient manner to allow for rack space to be used by other projects • Be available on-site in the labs for troubleshooting issues and assisting engineers when problems arise • Maintain lab test equipment and infrastructure as requested by the team • Prioritizing tasks and communicating to team members to identify correct order of tasks. Must alert team members with ample notice if unable to complete assigned tasks on-time • Categorize and keep track of test peripherals in the lab using internal tools • On-going documentation of test processes for future reference • Working on manual tasks required for maintaining or setting up new lab spaces

Skills

• Knowledge of Mac hardware • Strong troubleshooting skills • High level of comfort using Terminal and bash • Strong attention to detail • Strong time-management skills • Strong communication skills • Ability to multitask and deliver results under competing priorities

Must-haves for Lab Technician

• Expected to be able to pick up items up to 50 lbs. • Expected to be available during standard working hours, and, potentially frequently longer working days and/or weekends, if the role demands it. • Expected to be available on-site 5 days a week. • Able to quickly travel between different buildings to support labs in different locations.

Preferred for Lab Technician

• Proficiency in Python