Physical Operations Manager
US$110,000 – US$140,000 / yr base salary
Posted 6 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Physical Operations Manager (Facilities, Security & Logistics)”
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- Expected experience
- 6+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
| Base salary | US$110,000 – US$140,000 / yr |
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CertificationsOSHA 30
Physical Operations Manager (Facilities, Security & Logistics)
Location: Irvine, CA (In-person)
Who We Are
Omen is miniaturizing lab-grade spectroscopy into field-deployable embedded sensors. Our systems deliver PPM-level trace analysis on the fluids inside industrial machines and datacenters. That lets us catch wear trends like bearing failures or coolant contamination in real time, weeks to months before a catastrophic failure.
Our team is a tightly knit group of ~20 builders, dropouts, and industry veterans. We don't build things that are good enough; we build things that are 100x better.
The Challenge
We are moving from prototypes to fielded hardware across two systems:
- Omen Scout: for closed-loop hydraulic and lubricating oils.
- Omen Sentry: for direct-to-chip liquid cooling loops (typically water/glycol mixtures).
We have a growing building full of labs, chemicals, prototypes, and inventory, plus a steady flow of hardware going out to industrial sites and datacenters and sometimes coming back. Today, engineers handle the building, the doors, and the shipping in between their real jobs. We need an operator to own the physical side of the company: the facility, its security and safety, and everything that moves in and out of it. You will build these systems from scratch and keep them a step ahead of our growth.
What You Will Do
- Own the Facility: Run the Irvine site end to end: layout and build-outs, lab and shop infrastructure, maintenance, utilities, janitorial, landlord and building management, and facility vendors. Plan space for headcount and production growth before we run out of it.
- Run Physical Security: Own access control, badging, cameras, alarms, and visitor management. Protect our IP, prototypes, and customer hardware. Set the policies, pick and manage the systems and vendors, and lead response when something goes wrong.
- Lead Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Build and run our safety program: OSHA compliance, chemical storage and hazardous waste, SDS records, PPE, training, emergency plans, and incident reporting. Make the lab a place where people move fast without getting hurt.
- Own Inbound & Inventory: Receive, inspect, and track components and sub-assemblies from suppliers and contract manufacturers. Stand up an inventory system (bin locations, cycle counts, reorder points) that engineering can trust without asking.