Lab Manager- Temp - Kett Engineering Corporation
Santa Clara, CA 95050
About the Job
We are looking for a Lab Technician with a solid background handling labs, inventories and third party vendor interactions. A successful candidate must be a high-energy tactical execution expert and a team player, with a friendly can-do attitude. Highly organized with strong analytical capabilities and communication skills, independently motivated, a resourceful individual with the ability to prioritize and excel in a fast paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and supervise work for multiple hardware test engineering labs, including:
- Test Station placement, preparation, and setup (instruments, cables, fixtures, station SW install, network setup etc...)
- Manage a High security lockdown lab environment. Enforce secrecy guidelines and responsibilities for lab users and vendors handling confidential projects
- Maintain a high level of lab organization and cleanliness
- Manage lab layout, set up and infrastructure maintenance according to project schedules and space requirements
- Coordinate and track high volume of inbound/outbound shipments
- Manage maintenance of multiple test stations, retrofits parts, retrofit schedules, and inventory
- Organize, audit, and manage a lab equipment assets, HW prototypes, supplies and tools to ensure high productivity for multiple engineering teams
- Manage third party vendor access, accounts, and security protocols
- Enforce EHS lab safety and compliance policies (laser, robotics, PPE, etc)
- Document & implement guidelines and necessary reports to create standards to enable engineers and third parties to follow lab best practices
- Develop and champion best practice strategies to coordinate and minimize manual work
- When required be able to perform first level triage on technical issues ( debug station setup, swap device/SW versions, troubleshoot data connection issues, analyze logs, etc...) Required Experience and Skills
- Familiarity with proper laboratory safety and housekeeping practices
- Hands-on experience with electronic product assembly, prototype work and handling of sensitive material
- Experience in MacOS & iOS environments preferred
- Hands-on and fluent with lab equipment: acoustic meters, digital multimeter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, camera and display equipment, power supply, etc.
- Excellent communication in English (written and verbal)
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Able to work odd hours and weekends
- Clean driving record Education and Experience
- Educational background in Electrical Engineering required (AS/BS preferred), plus at least 2 years related NPI experience or equivalent
- Proficient in MacOS, iOS, MS Excel or other data base tools and internet savvy Proficiency with MacOS & iOS tools (Keynote & Numbers
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Source : Kett Engineering Corporation
