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HIL and Infrastructure Lab Technician (R6008)

Shield AI· Hivemind Solutions Division – Integration & Test
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Washington, DC$29.8/hr - $44.7/hrFull Time EmployeePosted 4w ago

About the role

Full-time on-site role responsible for day-to-day management, readiness, and growth of Hivemind's Hardware-in-the-Loop and engineering laboratories, including building, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting lab systems to support software development and integration testing.

Responsibilities

  • Own daily operations and technical readiness for HIL and infrastructure laboratories, ensuring systems, workspaces, tools, documentation, and shared resources are available and ready for engineering use
  • Build, install, configure, inspect, and maintain HIL racks, test benches, compute systems, network equipment, storage, power distribution, simulation hardware, flight hardware, and supporting lab infrastructure
  • Own and maintain accurate asset control for lab and program equipment, including receiving, tagging, serial-number tracking, location, custody, configuration, calibration, maintenance, spares, and disposition records
  • Manage lab schedules, equipment reservations, maintenance windows, integration priorities, and competing cross-program demands in coordination with software, hardware, systems, test, and program teams
  • Perform wiring and fabrication tasks such as cable assembly, connector installation, crimping, soldering, continuity checks, cable routing, rack assembly, panel modification, bracket installation, and minor mechanical rework using approved procedures
  • Read, apply, and update wiring diagrams, electrical schematics, rack elevations, mechanical and installation drawings, cable and port maps, bills of material, work instructions, and interface-control documentation
  • Support software development by provisioning and restoring development and test environments, imaging computers, installing approved software, managing configurations, collecting logs, and assisting with automated lab workflows
  • Diagnose and resolve lab issues across power, wiring, compute, networking, software, instrumentation, and mechanical interfaces using appropriate test equipment, logs, drawings, and structured troubleshooting methods
  • Manage procurement coordination, incoming inspection, shipping and receiving, vendor repair activity, consumables, tool control, calibration, equipment staging, and capacity planning for lab growth and program execution
  • Establish, maintain, and enforce lab standards for safety, access, cybersecurity, export control, electrostatic-discharge protection, foreign-object-debris prevention, cleanliness, labeling, and configuration management
  • Own and maintain lab operating procedures, build records, maintenance logs, configuration baselines, status dashboards, issue trackers, and work instructions that provide traceability and support knowledge sharing
  • Support customer integration events, demonstrations, operational exercises, and evaluations by preparing representative lab environments, reproducing field issues, and incorporating approved updates into HIL configurations and test infrastructure

Qualifications

  • Typically requires 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting engineering laboratories, integration and test facilities, avionics, mission systems, electronics, IT infrastructure, industrial equipment, or comparable technical operations
  • A four-year engineering degree is not required; relevant demonstrated experience, military service, vocational training, or technical certifications are acceptable
  • Hands-on experience operating or supporting engineering laboratories, integration facilities, test environments, maintenance operations, or mission systems in the defense, aerospace, aviation, robotics, manufacturing, or mission-critical industries
  • Demonstrated experience assembling, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting electro-mechanical equipment, test infrastructure, computing systems, electronics, or avionics hardware
  • Experience maintaining accountable assets, serialized hardware, inventory, tools, calibration, spares, shipping and receiving, maintenance history, or configuration records
  • Strong planning and organizational skills with ability to own shared lab operations and coordinate schedules across multiple teams
  • Ability to read wiring diagrams, electrical schematics, mechanical and installation drawings, rack layouts, bills of material, work instructions, and technical manuals
  • Competence with wiring, cable and connector work, fabrication, hand tools, digital multimeters, continuity testing, rack integration, and electro-mechanical troubleshooting
  • Comfort working with Windows- and Linux-based computers, installing and configuring software, collecting logs, documenting technical work, and communicating with engineers
  • Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance

Skills

Required:Lab operations and asset managementWiring and electrical fabricationSystem provisioning and imagingDocumentation and procedures

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package (applicable after 60 days) with temporary benefits
  • Salary compensation influenced by skill set, experience, licenses, certifications, and location; background check and possible reference check; military fellows and part-time employees not eligible for benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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