Lead QC Lab Manager - High-Throughput Battery Materials

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. in Alameda, CA, is seeking a Quality Control Lab Manager to ensure the reliability of manufacturing output through high‑throughput lab operations and rigorous release workflows.

You will lead a team of technicians, drive safety standards, maintain instrument uptime, and partner with cross‑functional groups to keep production targets on track while advancing data integrity and continuous improvement across the lab.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of industrial work experience, including 2+ years directly managing non-exempt personnel.
• Strong knowledge of analytical instruments and measurement system analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead, recruit, onboard, and retain skilled laboratory technicians.
• Direct 24/7 lab operations to support manufacturing, development, and research needs.
• Oversee routine maintenance, calibration, verification, and troubleshooting of analytical instrumentation.
• Champion laboratory data integrity, sample retain workflows, OOS/OOT investigations, and root-cause analysis.
• Direct measurement system analysis (Gage R&R), method precision studies, and stability/shelf-life testing programs.
• Author, standardize, and maintain SOPs and test protocols; manage training matrices.
• Partner with Analytics, Production, Process Eng, Product, and Quality to resolve nonconformances and prevent bottlenecks.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Quality control

Root Cause Analysis

Data integrity

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Operations Management, or related technical discipline

Tools

Analytical instruments

Gage R&R

Laboratory data systems

Job description

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. in Alameda, CA, is seeking a Quality Control Lab Manager to ensure the reliability of manufacturing output through high‑throughput lab operations and rigorous release workflows.

You will lead a team of technicians, drive safety standards, maintain instrument uptime, and partner with cross‑functional groups to keep production targets on track while advancing data integrity and continuous improvement across the lab.