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Manager, Lab Engineering

Symbotic· Hardware Engineering
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Wilmington, MA$120.8k - $177.1kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Leader of the Lab Engineering function within Reliability Engineering & System Test to enable testing at scale by managing physical labs, equipment, and facilities, and by directing the workforce and interfaces with multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Integrated Testing Center lab spaces including prototype and test labs, machine shop, and 3D print lab, with responsibility for layout, capacity, condition, housekeeping, safe operation, and space planning for growth, relocations, and new equipment installations.
  • Lead a workforce consisting of engineering technicians, fabrication specialists, machinists, and contract personnel, including contractor onboarding, offboarding, agency management, and workforce planning.
  • Establish and operate a centralized intake queue and capacity planning model across technician, fabrication, and additive manufacturing resources while balancing demand from System Test, Reliability Engineering, Hardware Engineering, and Test Automation.
  • Deliver test hardware through the fabrication and build of rigs, fixtures, and test articles, including make-versus-buy decisions and management of external machine shop partners.
  • Own the installation, commissioning, maintenance, and calibration of environmental chambers, thermal chambers, instrumentation, sensors, load systems, and other test equipment while maintaining audit-ready records.
  • Build and manage annual operating and capital plans for equipment, tooling, consumables, facilities, and contingent labor.
  • Drive laboratory safety, equipment integrity, preventive maintenance, and calibration programs while enabling scalable test throughput across current and future robotics platforms.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 2 years of management experience and 8 years of total work experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent lab, shop, or test operations leadership experience may be considered in place of a degree.
  • Experience owning an engineering lab, test facility, prototype lab, machine shop, or fabrication operation, including responsibility for equipment, facilities, and operational performance.
  • Experience directly managing technicians, machinists, fabrication specialists, or other skilled technical personnel, including scheduling, performance management, and capability development.
  • Experience leading a workforce that includes both full-time employees and contract labor, including agency coordination, onboarding, retention, and knowledge continuity.
  • Hands-on experience supporting test fixture and rig development, engineering drawings, GD&T, machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication, and additive manufacturing processes.
  • Experience with test equipment installation, commissioning, maintenance, calibration programs, laboratory safety practices, and maintaining auditable equipment records.

Skills

Required:Lab managementPeople managementFabrication and build of test hardwareEngineering drawings and GD&TAdditive manufacturing

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • PTO and/or other benefits
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Symbotic

REINVENT THE WAREHOUSE. REIMAGINE THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

Symbotic Solutions are complete, end-to-end warehouse automation solutions that have the power to increase your facility’s capacity through dense storage, maximize throughput with streamlined operations, and create efficiency gains throughout your supply chain with AI-enhanced software that sees beyond your warehouse walls.

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