Lab Support Senior Engineer

Kforce is immediately seeking an experienced Lab Support Senior Engineer in support of our enterprise compute customer based in Durham, NC.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and perform installation, setup, configuration, and teardown of servers, storage devices, and related lab computing equipment
• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability and availability
• Participate in planning and optimization of laboratory floor layouts, ensuring safe, efficient, and scalable equipment placement
• Manage logistics across the equipment lifecycle including procurement support, inventory tracking, utilization monitoring, upgrades, and archival of legacy systems
• Interface with server, storage, and hardware vendors to ensure proper integration and operational readiness of new equipment
• Coordinate vendor support engagements for troubleshooting, maintenance, and technical escalations
• Partner with engineering teams to develop hardware configuration test plans that support software development and validation efforts
• Provide high level technical support and subject matter expertise to engineering users within the lab
• Troubleshoot hardware and configuration issues, escalating when appropriate and adhering to established administrative policies and procedures
• Follow standard operating procedures, escalation paths, and lab compliance requirements
• Demonstrate adaptability in a fast paced engineering environment with frequently shifting priorities
• Propose improvements to lab processes, equipment utilization, and operational efficiency
• Learns and applies professional concepts to real world problems
• Uses foundational problem solving techniques to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues
• Determines appropriate courses of action based on established guidelines and procedures
• Works on problems of moderate complexity with well defined parameters