Engineering Lab Manager - Onsite in Chippewa Falls, WI

Hewlett Packard Enterprise•Chippewa Falls, WI

6d•$95,800 - $220,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Lab Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of engineering labs supporting IT hardware development, high-performance computing platforms, server validation, rack integration, GPU/CPU systems, storage, networking, and customer-specific ODM programs. The role aligns lab capacity, infrastructure, equipment, materials, and technician support with engineering schedules, customer deliverables, and business priorities. The position is onsite, with the expectation that the employee will primarily work from an HPE office in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Electronics, Mechatronics, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of technical education and relevant experience.
At least 5 years of experience in an engineering lab, data center, server hardware, manufacturing, system integration, or test environment.
Experience with lab safety, LOTO, equipment maintenance and calibration, engineering testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and coordination across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and facilities teams.
Ability to use AutoCAD or other 2D CAD software as a mechanical design tool.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong understanding of and experience in data center environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and the local language.
Ability to communicate product architectures and design proposals effectively and negotiate options at management levels.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary lab operations contact for engineering, program management, manufacturing, quality, IT, facilities, logistics, suppliers, and customer teams.
Document lab processes clearly enough to support repeatable execution across technicians, engineers, programs, and customer engagements.
Monitor power utilization, cooling capacity, cable routing, rack density, and lab environmental conditions to prevent safety or operational risks.
Develop forward-looking lab capacity plans aligned to program roadmaps, customer demand, prototype schedules, and validation workloads.
Maintain lab organization standards for hardware, tools, cables, fixtures, test equipment, consumables, and customer-owned assets.
Coordinate with facilities, environmental health and safety, security, quality, and compliance teams to maintain audit readiness.
Own lab asset tracking for servers, racks, blades, switches, PDUs, tooling, fixtures, cables, test equipment, customer-owned hardware, and prototype inventory.
Communicate lab status, capacity concerns, safety issues, schedule risks, and resource needs to leadership and program stakeholders.