Responsibilities
- Cleaning and maintaining most tools and facilities within the Product Realization Shops including: woodshop, metal shop, electronics lab, spray booth, casting room, digifab lab, machine shop and textiles lab.
- Keeping track of the state of hand tools, replacing/tracking down missing ones as necessary
- Being aware of shop users, their needs and projects, and working with them and staff to ensure proper use of tools and cleanliness
- Keeping and tracking a maintenance log in digital systems (Airtable)
- Tracking part replacements and tool repairs
- Tracking the state of the fume and dust extractors and vacuums. Replacing filters and vacuum bags as necessary.
- Awareness of all the facilities and the tools within them. Awareness of members' use of the space.
- Working with other Product Realization staff to design, build, and implement things which upgrade the ergonomics of the facilities (i.e. workbenches, cubbies, displays/holders for tools)
Qualifications and Skills
Requirements
- Work History
- At least 1 year experience maintaining and servicing tools and equipment including:
- Ability to follow maintenance schedules and keep accurate records
- Ability to follow along with instruction manuals and exploded view drawings
- Ability to coordinating with technicians & vendors remotely
- Experience with physical prototyping, digital design, design for manufacturing, or other production related processes.
- Familiarity with the best applications and safety concerns of a wide range of prototyping materials, including: plastics, metals, engineered and solid woods, textiles, finishes.
- Experience maintaining an inventory of consumables, parts and tooling
- Work Style
- Highly effective communicator and collaborative team player
- Embrace flexibility and adaptability as the team learns through prototyping and playtesting, adjusting project plans as needed
- Demonstrates a desire to constantly improve and adapt to new technologies.
- Independent with ability to follow along with instruction manuals, exploded view drawings, and troubleshoot basic technical issues
- Interest in learning about various tools and their uses outside their expertise.
- Highly organized, task oriented
Nice to haves
- Experience working in a shared shop environment.
- Experience with CAD software packages
- Experience with CNC and digital fabrication workflows
Compensation Level: Associate
- $20-24/hour
- Benefits package
- Shop access during off hours
Top Skills
What We Do
Newlab advances technologies that support the health of our planet.
We act as a facilitator, connector, and translator for our community of experts and innovators, helping to build, test, and scale world-changing ideas through investment, venture building, and structured collaboration with industry and government partners.
Inspired by its rich history, we envisioned a way to return
the building to relevance by championing entrepreneurship, innovation, and frontier technologies that transform infrastructure and build a more resilient, sustainable world.
We are now home to over 155 companies, solving the world’s biggest challenges with leaders and experts across industries and cities
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