Engineering Lab Manager - Onsite in Chippewa Falls, WI

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Chippewa Falls, WI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Lab Manager is responsible for the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of engineering lab environments supporting IT hardware development, high-performance computing platforms, server validation, rack integration, GPU/CPU systems, storage, networking, and customer-specific ODM programs. The role ensures lab capacity, infrastructure, equipment, materials, and technician support align with engineering schedules, customer deliverables, and business priorities. The position is onsite, primarily based at 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, with mastery of 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.
• Ensure lab processes are documented clearly enough for 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 clear 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.

Benefits

• A comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Career development programs to help employees pursue career goals, become knowledge experts, or apply skills in another division.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager