Lab Operations Site Supervisor

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

NVIDIA is looking for a Lab Operations Site Supervisor to manage the physical infrastructure of their datacenter bench and rack engineering labs. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to capture requirements, implement system deployments, and oversee the assembly, installation, and debugging of servers and PCBs. The supervisor will also manage lab setup, equipment, and documentation of validation results, and may write simple test scripts. The ideal candidate has a technical background, experience with lab equipment, and junior management experience in an innovative product development environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work closely with system validation, hardware and software design engineers, program and project managers to maintain good understanding of the design.
  2. Coordinate schedules with rack build project managers and prepare site to streamline the installation process.
  3. Take ownership for the end-to-end process of Assembly and Install of servers comprised of mechanical components, custom PCBs and various electronic components; and other lab activities involving equipment move. This involves typically lab activities, heavy lifting to move the equipment.
  4. Oversee system validation tests which would involve ability to understand schematic and rework PCBs (using the company rework techs), connect instruments like oscilloscopes and measure data.
  5. Supervise the Debug of problems on our servers and PCBs to identify the root cause.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical field (or equivalent experience)
  • 2+ years equivalent experience
  • Background in engineering with strong experience of lab equipment and technology
  • junior management experience
  • Demonstrated ability in an innovative product development environment
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • Highly motivated, quick learner, adaptable to change
  • Ability to navigate conflicting objectives, negotiate with suppliers, support services and solicit quotes and goals through patience and negotiation.
  • Meticulous with excellent prioritization skills to manage multiple tasks while driving solutions to closure with partners.

Nice to have

  • MS Visio
  • MS SharePoint
  • Jira
  • high-tech construction project management
  • datacenter product ecosystem
  • Outgoing personality with a proactive approach to engaging with customer engineering teams in the lab environment.

What the JD emphasized

  • technical field
  • 2+ years equivalent experience
  • lab equipment and technology
  • junior management experience
  • innovative product development environment
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • Highly motivated, quick learner, adaptable to change
  • Ability to navigate conflicting objectives
  • Meticulous with excellent prioritization skills