Research jobs in industry
Consider technical staff jobs at a national lab. 

That being said, the post-docs in my groups have had to learn that the technologists should be doing much of the hands-on work. That is what they are there for, that is what they are good at. The techs may need hands-on help for really new stuff, but they should do the vast majority of day-to-day stuff in the lab. 

You, the PhD staff member, are not paid to optimize beam, or machine and build something. You are paid to think up new research topics, get funding for those, and oversee the project to successful completion (whether or not that includes publications). Yes, you get to think deep thoughts and analyze the data generated by the techs. Even then, the very best techs will do most of the data analysis for you. If somebody else can do it, let them - you should be doing the things nobody else can do.