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Santa Clara, CATemporary$30/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Electronic Lab Technician supports hands-on hardware work and day-to-day physical operations in product labs in Santa Clara. The role includes installing and organizing rack equipment and cabling, maintaining hardware inventory and asset records, and handling shipping and receiving. The position is onsite and offers a long-term temporary opportunity; conversion planning is not currently available due to budget talks.
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Full job description
Our client, Semiconductor Industry is seeking a Electronic Lab Technician (Hardware Engineering Lab Technician) to join their team. As a Electronic Lab Technician (Hardware Engineering Lab Technician), you will be part of the Lab Operations team supporting hands-on hardware work in product labs in Santa Clara. The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, a safety-first mindset, and the ability to coordinate effectively with engineering, logistics, and facilities teams—skills that will align successfully in the organization.
Job Title: Electronic Lab Technician (Hardware Engineering Lab Technician)
Location: Santa Clara, CA - Onsite Role
Pay Range: $30/H On W2
What's the Job?
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Support day-to-day physical lab operations by performing racking and un-racking of servers, switches, storage devices, and other lab equipment.
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Install rack rails, mounting brackets, shelves, and related hardware, and follow provided rack layouts and installation instructions.
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Connect and organize power, Ethernet, and fiber-optic cabling as required, ensuring clean cable management and proper equipment placement.
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Maintain accurate inventory and asset records for lab hardware, components, cables, and lab assets, including asset tags, serial numbers, model numbers, quantities, and locations.
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Handle shipping and receiving tasks: receive, inspect, document, label, pack, and prepare hardware for shipment, return, or relocation.
What's Needed?
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High school diploma or equivalent required; Associates or Bachelors degree in IT, Electronics, or a related technical field is preferred.
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Hands-on experience with racking and stacking, including installing, mounting, and removing servers and network hardware in equipment racks.
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Experience tracking server hardware, components, cables, and lab assets while maintaining accurate inventory records.
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Experience receiving shipments, verifying items against documentation (purchase orders/packing slips), inspecting for visible damage, and preparing items for shipment with proper labeling and documentation.
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Ability to maintain a clean, organized, and safe lab environment, including cable management and equipment organization, while working effectively with cross-functional teams.
What's in it for me?
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Work onsite in a fast-paced engineering environment where your hands-on hardware skills directly support lab readiness.
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Build real-world experience across lab operations, including rack-and-stack, inventory control, and shipping/receiving workflows.
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Collaborate closely with engineering, IT infrastructure, logistics, and facilities teams to keep equipment moving and properly documented.
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Contribute to a clean, safe, and well-organized lab environment by following established procedures and maintaining order.
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Opportunity for a long-term temporary role (conversion planning is not currently available due to budget talks).
Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:
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Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
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Dental Plan
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Vision Plan
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Health Savings Account
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Health Flexible Spending Account
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Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
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Supplemental Life Insurance
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Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
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Business Travel Insurance
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401(k), Plus Match
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Weekly Pay
If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!
About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
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How this job compares
Set against the 539 open Lab Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30/hr
- California median$26–31/hr33 hourly ranges
- US median$23–29/hr242 hourly ranges
This rate, $30/hr, is 5% above the California median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the middle half of Lab Technician hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 63 open Lab Technician jobs in California and 539 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- University of Southern California5 open
- Cedars-Sinai4 open
- Kelly Services3 open
- Experience
- Lab Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (238 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 363 of the 539 open Lab Technician jobs (67%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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