ENGINEER 6 Lab Manager - TS/SCI Poly required

Emtakllc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Emtakllc seeks a Senior Lab Manager Engineer to lead a complex engineering and laboratory environment in Annapolis Junction, MD. The role requires coordinating lab activities, infrastructure planning, and hands-on hardware support to ensure readiness for mission requirements.

The ideal candidate combines systems engineering, networking, RF, and facility experience with strong documentation and hands-on capabilities in a highly controlled environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical labs or complex engineering environments.
• Strong understanding of network, server, RF, and laboratory infrastructure.
• Ability to coordinate multiple technical teams, equipment, schedules, and facility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate lab space and lab activities
• Develop lab space utilization plans, diagrams, and facility space planning support
• Maintain milestone schedules for lab activities and buildouts
• Coordinate staging areas and ensure teams remain within designated lab space
• Redline LAN, wiring, and infrastructure drawings and coordinate updates with drafting resources
• Monitor lab safety, cleanliness, organization, and overall readiness
• Support ITF SSP efforts
• Coordinate shipping, receiving, equipment movement, and inventory activities
• Maintain equipment inventories, barcodes, rack elevations, and wiring documentation

Skills

Lab management

Systems engineering

Networking

RF

Infrastructure

Hardware

Documentation

Hands-on

Tools

RHEL

CentOS

LAN diagrams

Job description

ENGINEER 6 Lab Manager - TS/SCI Poly required

• Annapolis Junction, MD

Lab Manager Engineer – Level 6
Clearance:TS/SCI FS Poly

We are seeking a Senior Lab Manager Engineer to support a complex engineering and laboratory environment. This position is responsible for managing lab space, coordinating lab activities, supporting facility and infrastructure planning, and ensuring hardware and network environments are properly configured, maintained, documented, and ready for mission requirements.

The ideal candidate will have a strong combination of systems engineering, laboratory management, networking, RF, infrastructure, and hands‑on hardware experience.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate lab space and lab activities
• Develop lab space utilization plans, diagrams, and facility space planning support
• Maintain milestone schedules for lab activities and buildouts
• Coordinate staging areas and ensure teams remain within designated lab space
• Redline LAN, wiring, and infrastructure drawings and coordinate updates with drafting resources
• Monitor lab safety, cleanliness, organization, and overall readiness
• Support ITF SSP efforts
• Coordinate shipping, receiving, equipment movement, and inventory activities
• Maintain equipment inventories, barcodes, rack elevations, and wiring documentation

Desired Technical Experience:

• Servers and enterprise networking equipment
• Networking and RF equipment
• Racks, rack elevations, and rack power systems
• Network and RF switches
• Modems, digitizers, timing equipment, and receivers
• Red Hat / RHEL
• CentOS
• RF configurations and EMI testing
• GPS connections and configurations
• Timing systems
• Fiber optic connections
• MUC connectivity
• VPN connectivity between buildings
• APC power systems and power whips
• LAN and wire diagrams
• STE/STN security requirements
• ONEX

Qualifications:

• Significant experience managing technical labs or complex engineering environments
• Strong understanding of network, server, RF, and laboratory infrastructure
• Ability to coordinate multiple technical teams, equipment, schedules, and facility requirements
• Strong documentation and organizational skills
• Ability to work hands‑on with hardware and infrastructure when required
• Experience working in classified or highly controlled environments is highly desirable
• Active TS/SCI FS Poly

This is a senior-level position for an engineer who can take ownership of the lab environment, coordinate technical activities, and work across networking, systems, RF, hardware, and facility infrastructure.