Site Lab Technical Project Manager - System Product Team

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

This role is a Site Lab Operations Manager for NVIDIA's Systems Product Team. The primary responsibilities include managing lab space allocation, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams, and ensuring the efficient operation of lab facilities. The role requires a background in engineering, experience with lab equipment, and project management skills, particularly in a high-tech, product development environment. While the company is heavily involved in AI, this specific role focuses on operational and project management within the lab environment, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technical and non-technical employees, managers, and partners, to provide lab capacity and services to support various engineering teams.
  2. Manage lab space allocation for R&D, product development, thermal mechanical, software, and hardware engineering projects.
  3. Gain a high-level understanding of the engineering teams' operations, equipment needs, and facility requirements.
  4. Serve as a "lab space broker" to allocate lab capacity efficiently and fairly within the company, lead small-scale lab infrastructure projects, moves, and upgrades.
  5. Proactively anticipate the needs of engineering teams based on experience and operational knowledge.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
  • Background in engineering with strong experience of lab equipment and technology
  • Junior management experience
  • Corporate real estate experience in a high-tech setting managing infrastructure projects
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience 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
  • Detail-oriented with excellent prioritization skills

Nice to have

  • Effective communication skills with internal customers and leadership
  • Proficiency in MS Visio, MS SharePoint, and Jira
  • Experience in high-tech construction project management
  • Familiarity with the datacenter product ecosystem
  • Outgoing personality with a proactive approach to engaging with customer engineering teams in the lab environment