Lab Engineering Technician

** Job Details:*
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* Job Description:

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This role requires regular onsite presence to fulfill essential job responsibilities.*
* We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Lab Engineering Technician to support lab operations, hardware logistics, and infrastructure needs for engineering teams. This role plays a key part in ensuring lab readiness by managing hardware procurement, capital equipment purchases, maintaining inventory, and supporting facility/network operations Additionally, you will run benchmark tests on OEM laptops across Intel-based systems and competitors. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced lab environment, excels at coordinating resources, proactively resolves operational and logistical challenges, and enables engineers with data-driven insights on OEM laptop performance.

** This role is for Santa Clara on-site everyday (no remote/no hybrid option).*
* Core responsibilities to include:

- Coordinate procurement of pre-production, production hardware, and capital equipment, including sourcing, purchasing, tracking, and installation

- Manage purchase orders (POs) and maintain accurate inventory of lab assets (systems, components, equipment)

- Support lab IT/network setup and maintenance

- Administer lab user access and ensure compliance with security and safety standards

- Coordinate facility and infrastructure needs (e.g., HVAC, power, workspace readiness)

- Prepare OEM laptop systems for testing, including hardware upgrades (SSD, memory) and BIOS/firmware updates

- Execute system level performance benchmarks (e.g., Geekbench, Cinebench, SPEC, 3DMark)

- Conduct test plans with accuracy and repeatability in a fast-paced environment

- Collaborate with engineering teams to align on test priorities, methodologies, and future needs

- Serve as the primary point of contact for day-to-day lab operations, resolving issues and minimizing downtime

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* Qualifications:

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* ** Minimum Qualifications*
* - Associate's degree in a technical field OR equivalent work experience

- 1 year of experience in lab operations, technical support, or engineering environment

- Basic IT/network setup and troubleshooting

** Preferred Qualifications*
* - Bachelor's (BS) in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer

Experience with 2-3 years' experience

- Capital equipment procurement and installation in a lab or technical environment

- Experience supporting hardware labs, validation labs, or data center environments

- Familiarity with enterprise tools for asset tracking and procurement (e.g., SAP, Ariba)

- Basic understanding of network infrastructure and lab system connectivity

- Strong coordination skills across engineering, IT, procurement, and facilities teams

- Familiar with benchmarking OEM laptops

- Familiarity with industry benchmarks is a plus (ie Procyon, SPEC CPU, WebXPRT, Cinebench, Geekbench, 3DMark, etc)

- Experience with inventory tracking and asset management

** Job Type:*
* Experienced Hire

** Shift:*
* Shift 1 (United States of America)

** Primary

Location:

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* US, California, Santa Clara

** Additional Locations:*
* ** Business group:*
* Intel makes possible the most amazing experiences of the future. You may know us for our processors. But we do so much more. Intel invents at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business and society, and for every person on Earth. Harnessing the capability of the cloud, the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, the latest advances in memory and programmable solutions, and the promise of always-on 5G connectivity, Intel is disrupting industries and solving global challenges.

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** Posting Statement:*
* All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by…