Lab Manager Platform Architecture

Our team designs builds and tests the next generation of Apple hardwarethe technology that ends up in products used by hundreds of millions of people. Were hiring a Lab Manager to keep our engineering labs running safely and efficiently so our teams can move fast and innovate. You will own the day-to-day operations of the lab staying hands-on with the equipment test fixtures and experiments that engineering depends on.

This role begins as a highly technical individual contributor and will scale into a people leadership position. Day-to-day you will own the operational heartbeat of the lab: running experiments operating and calibrating equipment and directly supporting engineering programs. You will ensure the lab remains safe organized and available acting as the primary technical escalation point when test setups are complex or equipment goes down. Beyond daily operations you will partner with engineering facilities and EHS teams to plan lab layouts allocate resources and support new equipment installations. As the lab scales you will take on the responsibility of hiring onboarding mentoring and managing a team of lab technicians. This role is designed for someone who craves deep technical ownership today and a clear path to building and leading a team tomorrow.

Operate calibrate and troubleshoot complex lab equipment in support of engineering test plans and test protocols collect and analyze data and contribute directly to hardware engineering as the primary technical escalation point for complex equipment issues and non-standard test build and implement new test fixtures and lab processes for emerging prototype daily lab operations including equipment inventory maintenance schedules calibration and repair procurement vendor relationships and budget tracking for lab equipment consumables and and enforce lab safety protocols in strict alignment with EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) standards and Apple with engineering teams to plan lab layouts allocate space and resources and support new equipment accurate records for asset tracking equipment certifications and regulatory access control security protocols and confidentiality requirements for highly sensitive prototype and implement process improvements that increase lab efficiency uptime and test logistics seamlessly across engineering facilities EHS and supply chain lab operations by eventually hiring onboarding mentoring and managing a team of lab technicians overseeing their priorities work assignments and development.

Bachelors degree in an engineering field or equivalent industry in a technical Ru0026D or hardware engineering lab environment including running tests and operating with equipment maintenance calibration procedures and asset management with lab safety standards hazardous materials handling and regulatory to lift and move lab equipment up to 50lbs as to work on-site five days a week with flexibility for occasional early or late hours to support equipment deliveries test schedules or urgent repairs.

3 years relevant industry experience. nExperience in a hardware development or Ru0026D environment specifically within consumer in growing into a people management role with prior experience mentoring coordinating or leading others (e.g. through direct reports a project team or an informal lead role).nExperience with inventory and asset management software and procurement interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineers technicians and external organizational skills with the ability to balance individual technical execution against high-level operational ownership of the experience supporting confidential or prototype-stage hardware programs.

Required Experience:

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