Engineering Lab Manager

About the role

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND-01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

About the Role

As our Engineering Lab Manager, you'll be the backbone of our hardware lab - keeping it organized, stocked, and running smoothly so our engineers can focus on building. This is a hands-on, highly visible role in a small, fast-moving office of around 30 engineers working on cutting-edge humanoid robotics.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a hands-on technical background who wants to grow inside a robotics company at an early and exciting stage.

What You’ll Do

• Own lab organization - maintain a clean, safe, and well-organized lab environment. Keep workbenches, storage, and shared spaces in order so the team can work efficiently.
• Engineering inventory management - track and restock components, consumables, tools, and lab equipment. Own the procurement process for day-to-day lab needs, working with vendors and internal stakeholders to keep things moving. Kit parts for engineering builds and repairs.
• Support hardware and equipment - assist engineers with equipment setup, basic maintenance, and calibration of lab tools including oscilloscopes, power supplies, soldering stations, and test fixtures. Flag equipment issues and coordinate repairs or replacements.
• Facilitate general lab operations - coordinate deliveries, manage lab access, support onboarding of new team members to lab tools and processes, and help enforce lab safety policies.
• Support the team day-to-day - pitch in where needed across a small, busy engineering team. This might mean helping set up a demo, organizing a shipment, or sourcing a hard-to-find component quickly.

What We’re Looking for

• Hands-on experience in an electronics, engineering, or hardware lab environment - through work or school.
• Demonstrated experience managing physical inventory: receiving, tracking, reorder thresholds, vendor coordination in a lab, warehouse, makerspace, or production environment.
• Familiarity with component and inventory management tools or systems
• Comfort handling and organizing electronic components, PCBAs, cables, and lab equipment
• Expertise with ESD handling protocols for sensitive electronic components and assemblies.
• Strong attention to detail and a natural tendency to keep shared spaces organized and functional
• Strong communication skills and comfort working closely with technical teams
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-moving environment
• This role requires the ability to lift and carry equipment and materials weighing up to 40 lbs as part of regular lab duties

Nice to Have

• Experience with basic soldering, rework, or electronics assembly
• Exposure to robotics, electromechanical systems, or a hardware startup environment
• Comfort using tools like Notion, Jira, or similar for tracking and documentation.
• Experience with PLM tools, such as TeamCenter or Arena.

Pay and benefits

For this role in Massachusetts, the expected base salary range is $65-85K USD per year; your placement in that range depends on how your experience maps to our internal leveling.