Lab Automation Engineer

We build our lab automation ourselves. Instead of buying turnkey systems and running them through a vendor's GUI, we reverse-engineer instruments, control them with open-source Python tooling like PyLabRobot and PyHamilton, and build the software and hardware to turn a pile of instruments into work cells that run biology around the clock.

We're looking for a Lab Automation Engineer to help design, build, and run these systems. This is a broad role: on any given week you might be writing a driver for a new instrument, getting a liquid handler and a robot arm to hand off cleanly, or debugging why an overnight run stalled. We care far more about range, ability, and drive than years on any one platform.