Senior Automation Engineer (Sr. Engineer II)
Core
Lead automation engineering for wet lab platforms, designing custom hardware, fluidic systems, and integrated workcells to support DNA/protein production and screening assays.
Role type
Senior IC automation engineering lead with direct management responsibilities
Builds
Custom instrument capabilities, integrated workcells, and automated workflows for wet lab discovery
Domain
Biotechnology / Lab Automation / Protein Therapeutics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Liquid handling, workcell automation, scripting, wet lab agentic deployment, method development, hardware integration, fluidic systems, team management
Preferred skills
DNA/protein production workflows, advanced scheduling/orchestration systems, platform transfer, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
Biomek, Tecan, Lynx, Hamilton, Opentrons, HighRes, Retisoft
Responsibilities
Design and integrate custom instrument capabilities into wet lab workflows; own critical automation problems from design to troubleshooting; drive reliability and method development for production assays; partner with scientists to unblock experiments and enable automation; manage a team of automation engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management duties
