Lab Manager

Lab Manager
Seattle Washington
3+ months contract to hire
Pay range: $45 - $49/hr on W2

Our Fortune 500 client (One of the world's largest Consulting companies) in Seattle Washington is looking for hardworking, motivated talent to join their innovative team.

Are you a Lab Manager with a passion for collaborating with multiple teams and an interest in working onsite? Don't wait... apply today!

Role Description

Role Summary
We are seeking a Lab Manager to own and scale the operation of multiple infrastructure lab environments supporting retail technology, device validation, and pre-production engineering. This role is responsible for ensuring lab readiness, operational consistency, and effective execution of hardware testing across a broad ecosystem of connected devices and systems.
The Lab Manager serves as the operational backbone between engineering, product, program management, vendors, and field teams-enabling reliable testing, troubleshooting, and deployment of technologies used at enterprise scale.



Key Responsibilities
Lab Operations & Infrastructure Ownership

• Own day-to-day operations of IoT and systems integration labs supporting hardware validation, product development, and commercialization.

• Maintain lab infrastructure including racks, servers, networking equipment, cabling, and physical space organization.

• Ensure lab environments remain stable, documented, and optimized for concurrent engineering and testing workflows.

• Define and enforce lab standards for configuration management, organization, and operational readiness.

Hardware Lifecycle & Asset Management

• Manage full lifecycle of lab hardware including intake, configuration, deployment, tracking, maintenance, and decommissioning.

• Maintain accurate inventory across IoT devices, servers, displays, POS systems, and peripheral hardware.

• Ensure configuration consistency between lab environments and production-like systems for accurate validation.

Hardware Validation & Issue Reproduction

• Support engineering teams by reproducing, isolating, and diagnosing hardware and system-level issues in controlled lab environments.

• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, and systems engineers to identify root causes and support resolution efforts.

• Translate observed failures into structured technical findings that drive product improvements and engineering action.

Test Enablement & Execution Support

• Prepare lab environments for testing activities including device setup, configuration, connectivity validation, and environment readiness.

• Support firmware validation, software conversion testing, and system integration workflows.

• Maintain lab readiness for rapid, multi-threaded testing requests across multiple programs.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Act as a central operational partner for program managers, IoT engineers, systems engineers, vendors, and field technicians.

• Coordinate hardware logistics including shipping, receiving, and deployment of test equipment across distributed teams.

• Enable effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders to align on lab priorities and constraints.

Process Development & Operational Improvement

• Develop and maintain standardized lab processes, documentation, runbooks, and operational workflows.

• Identify inefficiencies in lab operations and implement improvements to increase scalability, reliability, and speed of execution.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives across lab systems, infrastructure, and workflows.

Infrastructure Planning & Expansion

• Support design and expansion of new lab environments including R&D spaces and pre-production testing facilities.

• Collaborate on network segmentation, equipment layout, and infrastructure planning to meet technical and operational requirements.

• Partner with facilities and engineering teams to ensure safe, scalable, and functional lab environments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in lab operations, systems engineering support, or hardware infrastructure management

• Strong understanding of hardware lifecycle management and configuration control

• Experience supporting IoT, networking, or distributed hardware systems

• Ability to troubleshoot…