R&D Lab Operations Manager

We will rely on you to keep critical engineering hardware tracked, deployed, repaired, and retired with clarity. You'll work closely with engineering, operations, facilities, IT, security, vendors, and logistics teams to make the lab safer, more reliable, and easier to use.

• Manage lab hardware inventory, including enterprise servers, prototype platforms, chips, fixtures, cables, peripherals, spare parts, and test equipment.

• Receive, label, rack, configure, deploy, maintain, and decommission hardware for engineering teams.

• Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, system bring-up, part swaps, repair coordination, and RMA workflows for benchtop and in-rack systems.

• Track hardware ownership, location, configuration, status, usage, lifecycle stage, and retirement readiness.

• Improve lab processes for check-in/check-out, deployment requests, repairs, safety, asset hygiene, and equipment readiness.

• Use AI tooling to automate and optimize daily operations rapidly and systematically.

We are looking for someone who can lead lab operations while staying close to the hardware. The best fit is comfortable working with prototype systems, incomplete information, shifting priorities, and hands-on operational work.

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering lab, data center, hardware validation lab, manufacturing lab, infrastructure lab, or similar technical environment.

• Hands-on familiarity with enterprise server hardware, PC components, networking gear, power equipment, lab fixtures, and prototype hardware.

• Experience assembling, configuring, troubleshooting, repairing, and deploying hardware systems.

• Strong organization skills for inventory, asset tracking, ticketing, documentation, and hardware lifecycle management.

• Understanding of ESD practices, lab safety, and safe handling of critical or pre-production hardware.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

• Ability to communicate clearly with engineers, program managers, vendors, operations teams, and cross-functional partners.

• We'd love to hear from you if you have experience with Linux systems, BIOS or firmware updates, BMC/IPMI, networking, server bring-up, or hardware debug.

• Familiarity with RMA workflows, or lab automation will also help you stand out.

• Experience supporting R&D teams working with silicon, boards, platforms, or pre-production systems is especially valuable. Scripting / Agentic experience for inventory, reporting, dashboards, or lab operations is a plus.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 84,000 USD - 143,750 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 27, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.