Lab Operations Engineer: Hardware, Automation & Networking

Experis; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis in Redmond, WA is seeking a Lab Operations Engineer to support hardware development, validation, and lab operations across silicon, systems, networking, and infrastructure programs.

You will partner with engineering, lab operations, system integration, and IT to deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and scale development lab environments. Strong hands-on hardware skills, scripting, automation, networking, and datacenter operations experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting hardware development labs, datacenters, or validation environments.
• Experience with server hardware, rack integration, bring-up, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with serial communications, UARTs, console access, and low-level system debug.
• Experience scripting with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including switching, VLANs, subnets, routing, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Instrument prototype servers and development platforms using serial consoles and debug ports.
• Install, configure, cable, and validate servers, racks, networking equipment, and lab infrastructure.
• Support hardware bring-up activities, system integration, and validation testing.
• Assist engineering teams in diagnosing platform, firmware, and hardware issues throughout the product lifecycle.
• Perform break-fix activities, preventative maintenance, and system sustainment support.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to deploy, validate, inventory, and run tests.
• Create tools to simplify deployment, validation, inventory tracking, test execution, and operational workflows.
• Assist engineering teams with troubleshooting and log analysis workflows.
• Assist with datacenter and laboratory operations: rack deployment, hardware installation, cable management, equipment moves.
• Manage lab inventory, consumables, spare components, and test equipment.
• Ensure laboratory environments remain operational and ready to support programs.
• Assist with network deployment, subnet troubleshooting, switch configuration, and connectivity validation.
• Work with networking and IT teams to resolve connectivity issues and validation activities.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, silicon, security, validation, and infrastructure teams.
• Drive issue resolution across organizations and contribute to documentation and process improvements.

Skills

Hardware troubleshooting

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Networking fundamentals

Server hardware bring-up

Datacenter operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Root-cause analysis

Serial interfaces

Inventory management

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Protocol analyzers

Logic analyzers

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Experis in Redmond, WA is seeking a Lab Operations Engineer to support hardware development, validation, and lab operations across silicon, systems, networking, and infrastructure programs.

You will partner with engineering, lab operations, system integration, and IT to deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and scale development lab environments. Strong hands-on hardware skills, scripting, automation, networking, and datacenter operations experience are essential.