CareerPlan

Lab Manager (TS/SCI)

Customer Site (Annapolis Junction, MD)Full-time$92k–$195k2026-05-01 → 2026-11-11
On-site · United StatesUnited States citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Own and operate physical and virtual infrastructure for customer R&D and testing, enabling engineers to execute mission-critical scenarios.

Role type

Senior IC Lab Manager (Infrastructure & Hardware)

Builds

Realistic test and rehearsal environments (ranges) with hardware, networking, and virtualized systems

Domain

Defense/Security technology, embedded systems, network infrastructure

Required skills

Lab infrastructure management, network architecture, embedded systems operations, firmware extraction, hardware troubleshooting, virtualization, low-level hardware interfaces, cross-team coordination

Preferred skills

Firmware modification, hardware reverse engineering, soldering/rework, chip-off techniques, simulation infrastructure

Technologies

VMware, Proxmox, VirtualBox, JTAG, UART, SPI

Responsibilities

Organize and maintain lab assets (devices, servers, networking gear); Design and configure lab networking environments; Create and maintain test ranges with specific hardware/network configs; Interface with embedded systems and perform low-level hardware work (re-flashing, chip removal); Serve as shared resource for multiple teams gathering requirements and managing timelines

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC