Senior Scientist I, Mechanical Engineering
Core
Design, develop, integrate, and test high-precision mechanical instrumentation (pump manifolds, vision systems, stages, sensors) for proprietary peptide array synthesizers to accelerate novel molecule discovery for therapeutic treatments.
Role type
Senior IC mechanical engineer (scientific instrumentation)
Builds
Proprietary peptide array synthesizers and laboratory instrumentation
Domain
Biopharmaceutical R&D / Precision Instrumentation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Mechanical design and analysis, SolidWorks, Python or MATLAB, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, optomechanical assembly, FEA or CFD modeling, component specification
Preferred skills
Liquid handling robot experience (Tecan, Hamilton), LabVIEW or Keyence data acquisition, COMSOL analysis
Responsibilities
Design and integrate instrumentation subcomponents, lead mechanical design and analysis across project phases, diagnose and resolve instrumentation issues, develop and oversee testing of design concepts, acquire and analyze system data, interact with suppliers to select components
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC