CareerPlan

Scientist, Assay & Automation Development

San FranciscoFull-time2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Developing new scientific capabilities and experimental methods to accelerate discovery in genomics and biotech research, integrating robotics and AI tools to automate wet-lab workflows.

Role type

Senior IC scientist (assay & automation development)

Builds

New high-throughput molecular biology techniques, automated robotic workflows, and scalable experimental systems

Domain

Genomics, molecular biology, biotech research

Required skills

molecular biology techniques, protein expression, high-throughput display technologies, robotics workflow optimization, LLM usage, data analysis, method development

Preferred skills

first-principles thinking, cross-disciplinary learning, scaling experiments

Technologies

liquid handling robots, LLMs, computational tools

Responsibilities

Design and validate new experimental methods; lead research projects from hypothesis to execution; translate manual protocols into reliable robotic workflows; optimize experiments for liquid handling robots; collaborate with engineers to integrate capabilities into automated systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC