Lab Manager

Responsibilities

• Developing, understanding, and maintaining the schedule for the build process
• Managing inventory to ensure required parts and materials are available when needed
• Ensuring all build documentation is complete, accurate, and current, including assembly procedures, bills of materials, test procedures, and as-built documentation
• Tracking and controlling property associated with the builds in coordination with the Laboratory’s property management system
• Developing and administering procedures for items such as configuration management and design change implementation
• Supporting group leadership with task planning, management, and assignments
• Cooking and managing the shipment of units to contractor facilities across the United States
• Overseeing build laboratory spaces to enable a safe and efficient assembly, integration, and testing of the units, including secure areas
• Supervising technician support to the program, which includes assigning daily activities in coordination with technical staff, reviewing work product, specifying and obtaining tools and equipment, and participating in any hiring and interview processes for new technicians

Requirements

• Graduation from a two-year technical school in Electronics, Electro-Optical, Electro-Mechanical, or Software design from an accredited technical institute or its equivalent and/or 5+ years of directly related experience managing laboratories and people, and familiarity with general laboratory equipment and safety
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team, as well as delegate work to others, in a fast-paced and growing environment
• Familiarity with the use of Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for recording experimental data as well as configuration control tools such as GitHub

Qualifications

Technical experience and a solid understanding of electronic systems are required.

Skills

Strong organizational skills to effectively manage the responsibilities described above.

Strong communication skills are essential. The individual must be able to communicate clearly and professionally with the build team, group management, and various departments across the laboratory, as well as with external vendors when necessary.

Strong written communication skills are also required to ensure that documentation and procedures are accurate, complete, easy to understand, and up to date.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
MIT-funded pension
Matching 401K
Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
Mentorship programs
A range of work-life balance options...

Pay

$112,600 - $151,900

Schedule

Typically full-time, with some travel required.