Lab Manager - Platform Architecture
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Job overview
Apple is hiring a Lab Manager to operate engineering labs supporting the design, build, and testing of next-generation hardware. The role begins as a hands-on technical individual contributor and is expected to grow into people leadership. It owns lab operations, equipment and experiments, safety, and engineering support, while partnering with facilities and EHS teams on layouts and installations. The manager will eventually hire, onboard, mentor, and manage lab technicians.
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Full job description
Role Number: 200685547-3956
Summary
Our team designs, builds, and tests the next generation of Apple hardware—the technology that ends up in products used by hundreds of millions of people. We're hiring a Lab Manager to keep our engineering labs running safely and efficiently so our teams can move fast and innovate. You will own the day-to-day operations of the lab, staying hands-on with the equipment, test fixtures, and experiments that engineering depends on.
Description
This role begins as a highly technical individual contributor and will scale into a people leadership position. Day-to-day, you will own the operational heartbeat of the lab: running experiments, operating and calibrating equipment, and directly supporting engineering programs. You will ensure the lab remains safe, organized, and available, acting as the primary technical escalation point when test setups are complex, or equipment goes down. Beyond daily operations, you will partner with engineering, facilities, and EHS teams to plan lab layouts, allocate resources, and support new equipment installations. As the lab scales, you will take on the responsibility of hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and managing a team of lab technicians. This role is designed for someone who craves deep technical ownership today and a clear path to building and leading a team tomorrow.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, or equivalent industry experience.
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Experience in a technical, R&D, or hardware engineering lab environment, including running tests and operating equipment.
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Experience with equipment maintenance, calibration procedures, and asset management systems.
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Experience with lab safety standards, hazardous materials handling, and regulatory compliance.
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Ability to lift and move lab equipment up to 50lbs as needed.
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Ability to work on-site five days a week, with flexibility for occasional early or late hours to support equipment deliveries, test schedules, or urgent repairs.
Preferred Qualifications
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10+ years relevant industry experience.
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Experience in a hardware development or R&D environment, specifically within consumer electronics.
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Interest in growing into a people management role, with prior experience mentoring, coordinating, or leading others (e.g., through direct reports, a project team, or an informal lead role).
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Experience with inventory and asset management software and procurement systems.
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Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineers, technicians, and external vendors.
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Strong organizational skills, with the ability to balance individual technical execution against high-level operational ownership of the lab.
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Prior experience supporting confidential or prototype-stage hardware programs.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,095 open Hardware Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$171–245K/yr224 salary ranges
- California median$35–50/hr58 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 358 open Hardware Engineering jobs in California and 1,095 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Hardware Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (680 postings).
- Education
- 362 of the 1,095 open Hardware Engineering jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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