Lab Consolidation & Hardware Program Manager

Ddn; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DDN is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Lab & Hardware Tracking to coordinate its lab consolidation and hardware build support across engineering programs, ensuring continuity of R&D and timely access to builds, systems, and lab capacity.

You will lead end-to-end lab moves, work with facilities and IT on layout, track milestones and risks, prioritize build requests, and communicate status to engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in technical program management, hardware program management, or lab/data center operations — including a lab move, consolidation, or facility transition
• Demonstrated experience coordinating hardware build schedules and dependencies with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams
• Strong cross-functional coordination skills; comfortable running a multi-workstream plan with competing priorities and hard deadlines
• Experience tracking physical hardware assets/inventory at scale, including through relocation or reconciliation efforts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to synthesize status for engineering leadership
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the lab consolidation initiative end to end — sequencing site moves, equipment migration, and decommissioning across teams
• Partner with facilities, IT, and hardware engineering on the consolidated lab layout (power, rack space, network) and migration timeline
• Track milestones, dependencies, and risks; escalating blockers that threaten program timelines or R&D continuity
• Serve as the R&D-side point of coordination for hardware build requests, ensuring engineering has the systems, prototypes, and test equipment it needs
• Track build status and dependencies, proactively flagging risks to program milestones
• Prioritize and sequence competing build and lab requests against program urgency and lab capacity

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Hardware program management

Lab/data center operations

Project tracking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

DDN is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Lab & Hardware Tracking to coordinate its lab consolidation and hardware build support across engineering programs, ensuring continuity of R&D and timely access to builds, systems, and lab capacity.

You will lead end-to-end lab moves, work with facilities and IT on layout, track milestones and risks, prioritize build requests, and communicate status to engineering leadership.