Lab Operations Associate

The role

You will manage lab inventory, ordering, shipping, and instrument maintenance. You will also support the science team with bench work like protein reconstitution and buffer preparation.

What you will do

• Keep the lab stocked and manage inventory systems
• Run day-to-day ordering and follow up on deliveries
• Handle shipping for customer samples, reagents, and equipment
• Support the science team with protein reconstitution, buffer prep, and plate handling
• Coordinate instrument servicing, calibration, and repairs with vendors
• Manage chemical inventory, waste disposal, and safety compliance
• Maintain office supplies and workspace
• Help set up the new lab during expansion

Required qualifications

• Hands-on lab experience through a degree, apprenticeship, technician role, or years in a research or biotech lab
• Genuinely organized
• Tech-savvy
• Comfortable with physical tasks like unpacking boxes and moving dry ice
• Ability to work in a startup environment with moving priorities
• Based in Lausanne, or willing to relocate
• French and English

Nice to have

• Curiosity regarding AI tooling and automation

About the company

Adaptyv is building an automated lab that lets AI agents run biology experiments. They are a fast-growing biotech company building infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world.