Shield AI
Senior Staff Lab Manager (R5090)
Seattle, Washington · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in complex engineering laboratories or technical infrastructure; 5+ years in technical leadership or people management.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- US citizenship required due to security clearance requirements; active Secret clearance required.
About the job
Leads the strategy, design, operation, and modernization of engineering laboratories supporting hardware and software development, integration, testing, and validation.
What you'll do
- Set laboratory infrastructure vision and standards; design, build, and commission lab spaces.
- Manage lab operations, equipment lifecycle, uptime, scheduling, and performance metrics.
- Lead lab engineering and technician teams and coordinate with engineering, IT, facilities, security, and vendors.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a specified technical discipline or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of experience supporting complex engineering laboratories or technical infrastructure.
- 5+ years of technical leadership or people management experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing and building engineering labs from concept through deployment; US citizenship and active Secret clearance required.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting robotics, aerospace, defense, automotive, or autonomous systems development.
- Active Top Secret clearance or eligible to achieve.
Tools
Ethernet, VLANs, managed switches, routing, Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), Software-in-the-loop (SIL), Python, MATLAB, C/C++
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