Senior Hardware Lab Manager — Classified & On-Site

CHAOS Industries; El Segundo (CA); In loco; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health benefits

401k with company match

Free daily lunch

No meeting Fridays

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Descrizione del lavoro

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Staff Engineering Laboratory Manager to operate and improve our engineering laboratories and test facilities in El Segundo, CA. You will oversee classified and unclassified environments, coordinate with IT, facilities, and security, and ensure readiness for development, verification, and fielding of aerospace and defense systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, calibration and asset-management, and collaboration with engineers and technicians to build the

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering technology, facilities management, laboratory management, operations, or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience may be considered
• Five or more years of experience managing engineering laboratories, test facilities, research facilities, manufacturing-support areas, or comparable technical environments
• Experience managing laboratory equipment, asset inventories, calibration programs, maintenance activities, facility repairs, contractors, and service providers
• Experience supporting hardware development, test, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or research organizations
• Strong organizational, prioritization, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities and multiple concurrent activities

Mansioni

• Own the daily operation, readiness, security, and continuous improvement of classified and unclassified engineering laboratories, test areas, shops, and support spaces
• Allocate laboratory space, equipment, storage, and shared resources based on program priorities, safety requirements, security constraints, and available capacity
• Establish and maintain laboratory operating procedures, work-control practices, housekeeping standards, safety requirements, and equipment-use policies
• Manage the procurement, installation, acceptance, maintenance, repair, calibration, certification, and retirement of laboratory equipment, tooling, fixtures, computers, and consumables
• Maintain accurate asset, calibration, maintenance, service, and laboratory-readiness records
• Coordinate with IT to install and maintain laboratory networking, computing, instrumentation interfaces, isolated test networks, and related digital infrastructure
• Partner with security, information-assurance, and safety personnel to manage controlled access, visitors, classified-area requirements, inspections, hazard controls, and corrective actions
• Manage laboratory budgets, equipment purchases, service contracts, suppliers, calibration providers, contractors, and facility-improvement projects
• Provide laboratory orientation and training; support engineering programs during integration, qualification testing, field-test preparation, production transition, and sustainment

Conoscenze

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Asset-management software

Maintenance-management software

Calibration-management software

Descrizione del lavoro

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Staff Engineering Laboratory Manager to operate and improve our engineering laboratories and test facilities in El Segundo, CA. You will oversee classified and unclassified environments, coordinate with IT, facilities, and security, and ensure readiness for development, verification, and fielding of aerospace and defense systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, calibration and asset-management, and collaboration with engineers and technicians to build the