Lab Buildout and Operations Manager, Integration & Test, Leo

Description

We are looking for a hands‑on Lab Buildout and Operations Manager to own the deployment, readiness, and sustained operation of RF, networking, and system‑integration lab environments. This role will manage lab infrastructure buildouts across Austin, San Diego, and Seattle, ensuring labs are built, instrumented, networked, documented, and operationally ready for engineering use.

The ideal candidate has a strong mix of lab operations, RF test infrastructure, networking, procurement, vendor management, and hands‑on systems experience. This person should be comfortable working across engineering, facilities, procurement, vendors, and site leadership to turn unclear lab requirements into executable build plans.

• Own end‑to‑end lab buildout execution for RF and system‑integration environments across Austin, San Diego, and Seattle.

• Coordinate deployment of racks, benches, chambers, RF infrastructure, test equipment, control stations, cabling, power, grounding, cooling, and secure lab network access.

• Drive readiness for RF test areas, integrated system test beds, hardware‑in‑the‑loop environments, and production‑representative lab setups.

• Partner with Facilities, Networking, Security, Hardware, RF, Software, and Test teams to ensure lab spaces are usable, safe, scalable, and operationally reliable.

• Maintain lab bring‑up schedules, punch lists, dependency trackers, and operational readiness checklists.

• Support RF lab environments including chambers, antennas, attenuators, channel emulators, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, RF cabling, timing sources, and related instrumentation.

• Support lab network design and operations, including VLANs, routing, switching, firewall access, remote access, control‑plane connectivity, and test‑device isolation.

• Ensure lab infrastructure can support integration, regression, throughput, latency, mobility, handover, timing, and multi‑device validation.

• Drive uptime and reliability improvements for lab systems, including monitoring, alerting, access control, inventory tracking, and failure‑response processes.

• Standardize lab configurations, diagrams, runbooks, rack elevations, port maps, cable labels, and operational procedures across sites.

• Own procurement tracking for lab equipment, RF components, network gear, racks, cables, tools, fixtures, chambers, and facility‑dependent infrastructure.

• Translate technical needs into BOMs, purchase requests, vendor quotes, lead‑time tracking, and delivery schedules.

• Manage vendor coordination for chamber deployment, electrical work, cooling, RF infrastructure, installation labor, and equipment calibration.

• Track Cap Ex/Opex needs, delivery risks, dependencies, and site constraints; elevate issues early with clear options and impact.

• Maintain asset inventory and lifecycle tracking for lab hardware, instruments, network devices, and shared test infrastructure.

• Travel regularly to Austin, San Diego, and Seattle to support lab buildouts, readiness reviews, vendor work, infrastructure deployment, and operational handoffs. 20‑30% travel.

• Act as the on‑site execution lead during critical lab moves, new building bring‑up, chamber installations, RF infrastructure deployment, and major test‑bed readiness efforts.

• Build repeatable lab standards so each site can be deployed and operated consistently while still supporting local engineering needs.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.

• 5+ years of experience in lab operations, hardware development management, systems development, RF test, network operations, or infrastructure deployment.

• Experience building, operating, or maintaining engineering labs, RF labs, network labs, telecom labs, or hardware‑in‑the‑loop environments.

• Working knowledge of…