Lab Operations Engineer

Location: Redmond, Washington (Onsite)

Hourly Pay: $60–$67

About the role

The Lab Operations Engineer supports hardware development, validation, and lab operations across silicon, systems, networking, and infrastructure programs. This role partners with engineering, lab operations, system integration, and IT teams to deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and scale development lab environments. The ideal candidate combines hands-on hardware skills with scripting, automation, networking, and datacenter operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Instrument prototype servers and development platforms using serial consoles, UART interfaces, and debug ports.
• Install, configure, cable, and validate servers, racks, networking equipment, and lab infrastructure.
• Support hardware bring-up activities, system integration efforts, and validation testing.
• Assist engineering teams in diagnosing platform, firmware, and hardware issues.
• Perform break-fix activities, preventative maintenance, and system sustainment support.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Assist with datacenter and laboratory operations, including rack deployment, hardware installation, and cable management.
• Manage lab inventory, consumables, spare components, and test equipment.
• Assist with network deployment, subnet troubleshooting, switch configuration, and connectivity validation.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, silicon, security, validation, and infrastructure engineering teams.
• Maintain compliance with lab safety requirements, ESD controls, and operational procedures.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting hardware development labs, datacenters, manufacturing labs, or validation environments.
• Experience with server hardware, rack integration, bring-up, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with serial communications, UARTs, console access, and low-level system debug.
• Experience scripting with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including switching, VLANs, subnets, routing, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, and infrastructure teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting silicon development or platform validation programs.
• Familiarity with Linux administration and hardware validation environments.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, logic analyzers, or other engineering instrumentation.
• Experience supporting large-scale cloud, server, AI, or datacenter hardware platforms.
• Experience with inventory management systems, automation frameworks, or lab operation tooling.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program and access to certification prep, technical and leadership courses, books, and seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and perks for associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team and certified Career Coach.