Lab Associate Jobs in Hoffman Estates, IL (NOW HIRING)

About the job
Imagine yourself...

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.

• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.

• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

It's all possible with a role at Videojet, a Veralto company. You have likely purchased or used a product touched by Videojet Technologies this week-after all, Videojet is a world leader in the product identification market, providing in-line printing, coding and marking products, consumables, and software solutions. Videojet's technologies play a critical role in ensuring the safety and authenticity of products sold across the globe in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial marketplaces.
As part of the Videojet team and the broader Veralto network, you'll work with products that make an everyday impact on the world around you-and along the way, you'll have opportunities to make your mark on our business and your career with ongoing opportunities to deepen your skillset and pursue your ambitions. We continually improve for enduring impact.
We offer:

• Flexible working hours

• Professional onboarding and training options

• Powerful team looking forward to working with you

• Career coaching and development opportunities

• Health benefits

• 401(k)

This position is responsible for hands-on lab setup, maintenance, and execution of testing activities for connected industrial devices and systems. The role supports hardware and cloud-connected solutions, ensuring reliable operation, test readiness, and remote accessibility for distributed engineering teams.
Location: Wood Dale, IL - this is a fully on-site role (not eligible for remote or work-from-home arrangements).
In this role, a typical day will look like:
Lab Setup & Testing

• Set up, configure, and maintain lab environments including industrial printers and connected devices.

• Perform hands-on testing of hardware, firmware, and system-level features.

• Maintain and troubleshoot lab equipment, networks, and test infrastructure.

• Execute regression, feature, and system validation testing.

• Document test results, issues, and observations clearly and accurately.

• Assist engineering teams in reproducing defects and validating fixes.

• Ensure lab environments reflect real-world deployment scenarios.

• Manage device configurations, firmware versions, and test data sets.

• Coordinate lab scheduling, equipment usage, and readiness.

Lab Infrastructure & Remote Enablement

• Support remote access to lab systems for globally distributed teams (VPN, remote desktop, network routing, etc.).

• Set up and maintain secure remote access capabilities to lab systems.

• Support multi-user access for development, QA, and support teams.

• Troubleshoot connectivity, performance, and access issues.

• Ensure lab systems are consistently available and reliable for remote testing.

Critical Success Factors

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in a hands-on lab environment.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to document and communicate technical findings clearly.

• Collaborative mindset to support globally distributed engineering teams.

• Ability to quickly develop a strong understanding of Videojet's connected products and systems.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Must be based in Wood Dale, IL and able to work on-site (this role is not eligible for remote or work-from-home arrangements).

• Associate's degree or technical certification in engineering, electronics, or related field (or equivalent, demonstrable skills learned on the job).

• Hands-on experience working with hardware devices and lab environments.

• Basic knowledge of networking (IP addressing, routing, connectivity troubleshooting).

• Experience with test execution and defect reporting.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve productivity, streamline troubleshooting, support test execution, and enhance documentation quality.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working in an AWS environment.

• Experience with industrial equipment.

• Familiarity with remote access tools and lab virtualization.

• Basic scripting (e.g., shell, python) or automation experience.

• Understanding of cloud-connected systems or IoT environments.

• Experience supporting distributed engineering teams.

• Experience working in Linux.

Videojet is proud to be part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources™-and building rewarding careers along the way.
US ONLY:
The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.
The compensation range for this role is $85000 - $95000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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