Engineering Lab Manager - Onsite in Chippewa Falls, WI

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Chippewa Falls (WI); On-site; USD 96,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Flexible work options

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a hands-on Engineering Lab Manager for our Chippewa Falls, WI labs. The role focuses on safe, efficient operation of IT hardware development labs, with responsibilities spanning capacity planning, asset tracking, and cross-functional coordination across engineering, IT, and facilities teams.

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 5+ years in lab or data-center environments, with strong knowledge of lab safety,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; 5+ years lab/engineering experience.
• Experience with lab safety, equipment calibration, and product testing.
• Able to coordinate across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and facilities teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary lab operations contact across multiple teams.
• Ensure lab processes are documented for repeatable execution.
• Monitor power, cooling, cable routing, and safety in labs.
• Develop capacity plans aligned to roadmaps and validation workloads.
• Own asset tracking and communicate status to leadership.

Skills

Lab safety

LOTO

Equipment maintenance

Engineering testing

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Engineering Technology or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

## Engineering Lab Manager - Onsite in Chippewa Falls, WIApply: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States of America: Full time: Posted Today: 1213689Engineering Lab Manager - Onsite in Chippewa Falls, WIThis role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.**Who We Are:**Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.**Job Description:****Job Level Definition:** The **Lab Manager** is responsible for the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of engineering lab environments that support IT hardware development, high-performance computing platforms, server validation, rack integration, GPU/CPU systems, storage, networking, and customer-specific ODM programs. This role ensures that lab capacity, infrastructure, equipment, materials, and technician support are aligned with engineering schedules, customer deliverables, and business priorities. ***Responsibilities:*** * Serve as the primary lab operations contact for engineering, program management, manufacturing, quality, IT, facilities, logistics, suppliers, and customer teams.* Ensure lab processes are documented clearly enough for repeatable execution across technicians, engineers, programs, and customer engagements.* Monitor power utilization, cooling capacity, cable routing, rack density, and lab environmental conditions to prevent safety or operational risks.* Develop forward-looking lab capacity plans aligned to program roadmaps, customer demand, prototype schedules, and validation workloads.* Maintain clear lab organization standards for hardware, tools, cables, fixtures, test equipment, consumables, and customer-owned assets.* Coordinate with facilities, environmental health and safety, security, quality, and compliance teams to maintain audit readiness.* Own lab asset tracking for servers, racks, blades, switches, PDUs, tooling, fixtures, cables, test equipment, customer-owned hardware, and prototype inventory.* Communicate lab status, capacity concerns, safety issues, schedule risks, and resource needs to leadership and program stakeholders. ***Education and Experience Required:*** * Bachelor’s degree in **Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Electronics, Mechatronics, or a related technical field**, or equivalent combination of technical education and relevant experience.* **5+ years of experience** in an engineering lab, data center, server hardware, manufacturing, system integration, or test environment.* Experience with **lab safety, LOTO, equipment maintenance/calibration, engineering testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and coordination across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and facilities teams**. ***Knowledge and Skills:*** * Using AutoCAD or other 2D CAD software as a mechanical design tool.* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.* Strong understanding and experience in data center environments.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.* Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at management levels.**Accessibility** HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.**What We Can Offer You:****Health & Wellbeing**We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.**Personal & Professional Development**We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.**Unconditional Inclusion**We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.**Let's Stay Connected:**Follow @HPECareers on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE.#unitedstates### ### #compute, #highperformancecompute**Job:**Engineering**Job Level:**TCP\\_03 \"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 95,800 - 220,500 in Wisconsin The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.\"Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html