Reliability Technical Lab Manager

Job Description Real. Sense delivers industry-leading depth cameras and vision technology used in autonomous mobile robots, humanoids, access control, industrial automation, healthcare and more. With a mission to deliver world class perception systems for Physical AI and safely integrate robotics and AI into everyday life, Real.

Sense provides intelligent, secure and reliable vision systems that help machines navigate and interact with the human world.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated, hands-on Reliability Technical Lab Manager to join our Quality & Reliability team. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our reliability laboratory. You will work closely with engineering teams to develop automated test environments, troubleshoot and debug HW systems, prepare and execute reliability tests, maintain laboratory infrastructure, and ensure efficient, organized, and reliable lab operations.

This position offers a unique combination of software automation, hardware integration, technical troubleshooting, and laboratory operations, with opportunities to develop new tools, improve processes, and take ownership of laboratory infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Prepare, configure and run reliability test setups according to engineering requirements, including environmental and mechanical stress testing. Monitor tests, collect data and support engineering investigations of failures. Troubleshoot issues across test units (DUTs), lab equipment and test setups. Maintain lab equipment, including calibration, preventive maintenance and repairs.

Manage lab inventory, including DUTs, spare parts and consumables, and keep every item traceable. Develop scripts and tools that automate test execution, monitoring and data logging. Write and maintain lab procedures and setup instructions, and keep improving lab workflows.

Requirements

Practical engineering diploma in Electronics, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering or a related technical field. Hands-on experience with hardware testing, lab equipment or instrumentation. Strong troubleshooting skills across integrated hardware and software systems. Scripting experience, preferably in Python. Highly organized and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple tasks independently.

Good written and spoken English.

Nice to have

Experience with environmental or mechanical reliability test equipment, such as thermal chambers. Familiarity with communication interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, GMSL, UART and I²C. Experience developing test automation. Experience working in Linux and Windows environments. Experience with JMP or other data analysis tools.

Experience in a multidisciplinary hardware R&D or manufacturing environment.