Shield AI
Senior Staff Lab Manager (R5090)
Dallas, Texas · Staff+ · Part-time
Sponsorship not specified$170k-$250kDetected 7 days ago
PythonC++MATLABRecruitingSystems EngineeringRoboticsMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringLeadershipCollaboration
About the role
- Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft.
- For more information, visit www.shield.ai.
- Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and commission new laboratory spaces to support evolving engineering programs.
- Develop long-term modernization plans to ensure laboratory capabilities remain aligned with engineering needs.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies, tools, and automation to improve laboratory efficiency and reliability.
- Own day-to-day laboratory operations across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Develop scheduling processes that maximize lab utilization while minimizing conflicts and downtime.
- Manage laboratory uptime, availability, and operational readiness.
- Support complex hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), software-in-the-loop (SIL), integration, and validation environments.
- Develop laboratory standards for networking, compute infrastructure, storage, instrumentation, and data acquisition.
- Partner with engineering teams to architect robust development and test environments.
- Ensure laboratories support rapid system integration and reproducible testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, 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.
- Strong understanding of laboratory infrastructure, including:
- Experience managing equipment lifecycle, maintenance, calibration, upgrades, and modernization.
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting robotics, aerospace, defense, automotive, or autonomous systems development.
- Experience with secure laboratory environments and classified or regulated development environments.
- Knowledge of systems engineering processes and system architecture.
- Experience implementing laboratory automation and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Programming and scripting experience:
- Python, MATLAB, C/C++, etc.
- Full-time regular employee offer package:
- Temporary employee offer package:
Compensation
- Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location.
Benefits
- Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
- Own the overall vision, architecture, and roadmap for engineering laboratory infrastructure.
Company info
- Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
- With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI's technology actively supports operations worldwide.
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Staff Lab Manager to lead the design, development, operation, and long-term strategy of our engineering laboratories.
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