Physical AI Lab Operations Lead

Inabia Software & Consulting Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Part time

Job summary

Inabia Solutions & Consulting, Inc. seeks an experienced Physical AI Lab Manager to launch and operate a new Physical AI lab in Boston. This role will organize the facility, keep it safe and well-equipped, and support daily engineering activities in a fast-moving environment.

The Lab Manager will coordinate cross-team schedules, manage equipment availability and calibration, and maintain inventories and safety documentation. Onsite five days per week in Boston is required.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience managing lab operations in hardware R&D, robotics, or advanced-manufacturing.
• Hands-on familiarity with lab equipment used in physical AI/robotics labs, including test benches, oscilloscopes, power supplies, soldering stations, 3D printers, and prototype testing gear.
• Experience coordinating equipment maintenance, calibration, and repair activities.
• Experience with inventory-management systems, equipment-tracking tools, and procurement workflows.
• Strong organizational and process-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, schedules, priorities, and dependencies.
• Ability to work directly with engineers to understand lab, equipment, and testing requirements.
• Willingness to raise concerns and push back constructively when schedules or lab configurations are not feasible or safe.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to write clear operating procedures, runbooks, safety documentation, and escalation summaries.
• Ability to work onsite in Boston five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily lab operations, including opening procedures, readiness checks, issue resolution, and end-of-day handoffs.
• Identify and resolve issues that could delay engineering, testing, or prototype development activities.
• Coordinate lab schedules across engineering workstreams while balancing priorities.
• Identify scheduling conflicts early and recommend practical alternatives.
• Manage equipment availability, calibration schedules, and preventive maintenance cycles.
• Maintain inventories of components, consumables, tools, and lab equipment.
• Manage replenishment activities, vendor coordination, and procurement requests.
• Serve as primary onsite contact for hardware, software, validation, and program-management teams.
• Develop and maintain the lab operations playbook, SOPs, escalation paths, safety protocols, and lab standards.
• Support onboarding of new team members with lab orientation, tool training, access coordination, and safety-certification tracking.
• Collaborate with facilities, IT, procurement, and engineering to resolve infrastructure and equipment issues with minimal disruption.
• Communicate lab constraints, equipment concerns, and risks clearly to stakeholders.
• Prepare the lab for prototype builds, integration sprints, testing campaigns, and other milestones.
• Ensure equipment, tooling, components, software, and workspace configurations are ready before activities.
• Track lab capacity, equipment status, scheduling conflicts, and readiness risks for leadership.
• Establish and enforce lab safety procedures.
• Support electrical-safety, handling of prototype hardware, equipment operation, and regulatory requirements.
• Review workflows, identify bottlenecks, and propose improvements to throughput and reduce rework.
• Maintain accurate operation records, equipment logs, calibration records, and safety documentation.

Skills

Lab operations

Hardware labs

Inventory management

Procurement workflows

Safety compliance

Communication

Onsite coordination

Education

Electrical engineering background

Tools

Test benches

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Soldering stations

3D printers

Prototype testing equipment

Job description

Inabia Solutions & Consulting, Inc. seeks an experienced Physical AI Lab Manager to launch and operate a new Physical AI lab in Boston. This role will organize the facility, keep it safe and well-equipped, and support daily engineering activities in a fast-moving environment.

The Lab Manager will coordinate cross-team schedules, manage equipment availability and calibration, and maintain inventories and safety documentation. Onsite five days per week in Boston is required.