Facilities Operations

Merge Labs is a frontier research lab with the mission of bridging biological and artificial intelligence to maximize human ability, agency and experience. We’re pursuing this goal by developing fundamentally new approaches to brain-computer interfaces that interact with the brain at high bandwidth, integrate with advanced AI, and are ultimately safe and accessible for anyone to use.

The Lab and Facilities Operations team is the operational backbone of Merge Labs, responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of our R&D environment — from conceptualizing and building the physical infrastructure to operating it  own the systems that keep our labs, workplace, and building infrastructure running: lab operations, equipment and facilities management, safety and compliance, workplace operations, procurement, and logistics. Together, these functions ensure that the scientific environment is reliable, scalable, and proactive.

We view operations not as a support function, but as a catalyst; our mission is to create a world-class Lab and Facilities Operations System that not only enables our scientists and engineers but, through integrated systems and operational excellence, actively accelerates their progress.

• Keep the physical site ready for science and daily work
  , owning the hands‑on upkeep that makes the lab, office, and shared spaces functional every day — walkthroughs, janitorial coordination, space moves, facility equipment management, physical security touchpoints, and the first‑pass repairs that keep small facilities issues from becoming team‑wide friction.

• Serve as the first line of defense for lab equipment issues
  , troubleshooting and self-repairing equipment where appropriate, coordinating service when needed, and helping ensure critical lab equipment stays available, maintained, and ready for use.

• Support the lab utility systems that experiments depend on
  , helping monitor, maintain, and coordinate service for systems like vacuum, compressed air, RODI, autoclaves, dishwashers, and related lab infrastructure.

• Own the practical flow of goods through the site
  , supporting shipping, receiving, unpacking, logging, internal movement, and storage of lab and office materials so deliveries do not pile up, get lost, or slow down the team.

• Maintain the physical condition of the office and lab environment
  , handling or coordinating repairs across patching, painting, sinks, doors, bathrooms, carpet, elevators, fixtures, and other building issues that need a hands‑on owner.

• Coordinate facilities vendors and trades
  , including janitorial, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, mechanical service, elevator support, kitchen equipment, plants, signage, and other vendors needed to keep the site running well.

• Support workplace operations for a growing team
  , helping with desk planning, office moves, food and kitchen operations, signage, Zoom room coordination with IT, physical security, and the day‑to‑day details that make the workplace functional.

• Help execute small facilities projects and build‑out work
  , such as electrical modifications, minor construction, furniture changes, office reconfigurations, and future lab or office build‑outs where this role provides practical input and execution support.

• Support internal events and site moments
  , helping with setup, vendor coordination, space readiness, cleanup, and the physical logistics needed to make events run smoothly without pulling scientists or operators away from their core work.

• Build the operating discipline behind Facilities and Lab Operations
  , keeping vendor lists, maintenance records, equipment notes, service histories, and recurring checklists current so the function becomes more reliable, less reactive, and easier to scale as Merge grows into the space.

• Hands‑on facilities or lab operations experience
  , ideally in a wet lab, R&D, biotech, life sciences, manufacturing, or similarly equipment‑heavy environment. You understand that the physical environment is part of the operating system of the company.

• A strong mechanical instinct. You are the kind of person who reaches for a tool first, not a…