Lab Manager - GRL Santa Clara

GRL seeks an exceptional Lab Manager for our headquarters in Santa Clara, California.About GRLHeadquartered in Silicon Valley with almost 400 staff in 10 countries, GRL is a global leader in test services and test automation solutions for high speed connectivity and smart charging technologies. Since 2010, our comprehensive test, debugging and design consulting services and proprietary test instrumentation and software solutions have enabled hardware developers worldwide to implement digital connectivity and charging technologies as they become faster, more complex, and more challenging to test. The combination of market-leading technical expertise, broad capabilities and an intense focus on quality and customer service excellence has seen the company grow rapidly and win recognition as the "go to" expert. But we do much more than just test: we guide, we consult, we analyze, we troubleshoot, and we present useful insights to help our customers understand and improve their products' performance and ensure their success.GRL offers competitive salary and benefits.About the roleAs Manager of GRL's Santa Clara headquarters lab and as a senior member of the GRL technical staff, you will lead project technical planning and execution for complex, multi-faceted test, debugging and product design consultation projects with a wide range of customers, products, and technologies using state of the art test equipment. You will manage and mentor a team of talented engineers, guiding their professional growth and career development.As Lab Manager, you will report to the VP of Global Engineering and be responsible for all aspects of planning, executing, and managing our lab testing operations. In this hands-on role, you will ensure the highest standards of quality and service excellence that are the foundation of our customers' trust and GRL's growth. That includes planning and implementing local lab capabilities to support growth targets and company objectives.Working closely with GRL senior leadership, you will have the opportunity to contribute on a global scale to technical standards development, new test program development and rollout, and leverage your deep technical expertise as a global subject matter expert. GRL is growing fast and prides itself on an open and collaborative culture; you will have many opportunities to contribute across a variety of initiatives and will never be pigeonholed.You will apply your deep knowledge of product validation principles and techniques and your judgement to architect, develop and implement effective and efficient test plan and methodologies, lead product debugging efforts to root cause and recommend actionable design improvements, lead customer technical and project related communications and issue resolution, analyze test data and product designs, and architect, develop and review comprehensive reporting on product interface performance and compliance.Responsibilities include:Maintain all lab technical capabilities and bring up new capabilitiestechnologiesManage all day-to-day lab testing, data analysis, and reportingreview, including customer product design recommendationsOversee project management and customer product technical troubleshooting effortsEnsure accurate and consistent application of international standards-based test programs and GRL global lab quality, security, and safety standardsWork closely with VP of Engineering and COO to improve and maintain test policies and procedures, lab equipment, and infrastructure, and ensure the highest level of execution quality.Lead effective cross-functional efforts for process improvements, technical initiatives and resolutions.Plan all resources and budgets (space, staff, equipment, and time) to meet near and long-term customer needs and GRL business objectivesLead local engineering staff career planning and development and provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorshipTrain and oversee staff engineers on test methodologies and GRL lab policies and practicesWork closely with other GRL lab managers and technical staff to build and share technical know-how and implement and improve test methodologies and techniques for a broad range of technologiesSupport technical sales efforts including project scoping, budgeting, and technical planningSupport technical marketing efforts including tradeshows and technical seminarsKey Qualifications -Demonstrated strong leadership and management skillsTechnical depth in testing one or more digital connectivity and charging technologies (for example, USB, Ethernet, PCI Express, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.)Expertise in signal integrity design concepts and measurement, including sources and causes of noise and jitter and high speed IO validation, PLLs and Timing Recovery (CDR)At least 3 years' relevant test lab management experience; 5+ years preferredHands-on experience with high-speed lab equipment including signal generatorBERT, oscilloscope, and VNATDRFlexibility and comfort working in a quickly changing environmentMeticulous organizational skillsStrong written and verbal interpersonal skillsFluency in English requiredUS work authorization requiredPreferred QualificationsMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or related field and 10+ years of experience.Experience with silicon IO characterization over PVT.Expertise in Power Integrity andor protocollogical layer design, test and debugging.Programming knowledge of CC++, Python, LabView, Matlab, and other languages.Submit your CV to .

Created: 2024-11-01