Shield AI
Senior Staff Lab Manager (R5090)
Seattle, Washington · On-site · Senior
- Discipline
- Hardware
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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X-BAT Division
Senior Staff Lab Manager responsible for design, operation, and long-term strategy of engineering laboratories to accelerate hardware/software development, integration, test, and validation for complex systems.
Day shift
Required
- lab management
- infrastructure modernization
- asset management
- engineering support
- team leadership
- hardware and software integration
- test and validation
Preferred
- lab architecture
- facility operations
- protocols for test and validation
- hardware-in-the-loop
- electronics
- mechanical systems
- space/defense lab practices
Benefits
- medical
- 401k
- PTO
Employer description
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Staff Lab Manager to lead the design, development, operation, and long-term strategy of our engineering laboratories. This is a highly technical leadership role responsible for creating world-class lab environments that enable hardware and software engineering teams to rapidly develop, integrate, test, and validate complex systems.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership, driving lab architecture, infrastructure modernization, asset management, and engineering support while leading a team of engineers and technicians.
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