Senior Electro Optical Lab Engineer

NVIDIA’s Electro-Optics Group is looking for an experienced Lab Engineer to take full ownership of our high-speed electro-optical lab in Yokneam. This is a hands-on, on-site role focused on enabling advanced electro-optical development and characterization activities while maintaining a highly functional, safe, and well-organized lab environment.

The role combines technical lab ownership with operational responsibility, including equipment handling, calibration, inventory control, logistics, purchasing, vendor coordination, and day-to-day maintenance of the lab infrastructure. The ideal candidate is practical, organized, technically strong, and comfortable working closely with engineers in a fast-paced development environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Take full ownership of the high-speed electro-optical lab, including daily operation, organization, and readiness of the lab environment
• Build, maintain, and support hands-on electro-optical setups for development, bring-up, and characterization activities, including equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, repairs, and service activities
• Work with electro-optical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, network analyzers, BERTs, AWGs, power meters, tunable lasers, and related instrumentation
• Manage lab inventory, including equipment, consumables, cables, adapters, optical components, and spare parts
• Lead logistics activities related to the lab, including equipment receiving, shipping, internal transfers, storage, and tracking
• Handle purchasing workflows for lab equipment and components, and serve as a point of contact with vendors and suppliers
• Help ensure the lab operates safely, efficiently, and in alignment with internal processes and quality expectations
  
  

• 5+ years of experience as a lab manager or in a similar lab ownership role
• Electronic Practical Engineer diploma
• Hands-on experience with electro-optical setups
• Experience working with lab logistics, inventory management, vendor coordination, technical equipment handling, including calibration and maintenance processes
• Fluent English, with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple operational and technical tasks in parallel
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with engineers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams
  
  

• Experience supporting high-speed optical communication or silicon photonics lab activities
• Background in electro-optics, electrical engineering, physics, or a related technical field (Academic degree - advantage)
• Familiarity with optical components, fiber handling, RF test equipment, and precision lab hardware
• Experience establishing or scaling lab processes, inventory systems, or equipment tracking methods
• Practical troubleshooting skills across optical, electrical, and mechanical lab systems