Team Lead, USHQ Lab Operations
$150,000–$206,000 year
On-siteBoca Raton, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Lead the Florida LabOps team in coordinating daily priorities, workload assignments, and operational coverage for cryogenic test cycles. Serve as the primary point of contact for technical guidance, troubleshooting, and procedural questions while establishing procedures, training, documentation, and readiness checks to launch new facility operations. Plan and oversee cryostat cooldowns, warmups, and payload operations, including system readiness, maintenance status, instrumentation, and scheduling, while enforcing approved safety procedures and standards. Maintain accurate configuration and operational records, track performance metrics, and drive improvements in reliability, schedule adherence, and throughput. Coordinate priorities and dependencies with engineering, packaging, infrastructure, controls, and partner teams to ensure consistent, self-sufficient laboratory execution.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, applied sciences, physics, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of experience in laboratory operations, cryogenic systems, or another complex technical environment
- Experience leading or coordinating a technical team
- Hands-on familiarity with cryogenic systems, experimental hardware, instrumentation, or laboratory infrastructure
- Strong planning, prioritization, troubleshooting, and cross-functional coordination skills
- Ability to balance hands-on technical work with team leadership responsibilities
- Strong safety awareness, documentation discipline, and attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively and independently in a new and developing operation
- Willingness and ability to temporarily relocate to Burnaby, British Columbia, for a short-term international assignment for required onsite training assignment lasting up to 180 days
- Ability to obtain and maintain authorization to work in Canada for the duration of the temporary assignment
- Ability to obtain security clearance
- Active U.S. government security clearance, or the ability to qualify for one (U.S. citizenship required)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience launching, commissioning, or scaling a laboratory or technical facility
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