Automation Engineer

The role

You will build an autonomous lab to speed up materials discovery. You will turn scientific workflows into working software and integrations by designing data models and connecting instruments and robots to lab information systems.

What you will do

• Collaborate with bench scientists to translate experiments and lab workflows into integration specs and data models.
• Work with integrators to design and build automated workcells for materials R&D.
• Build and maintain services that connect instruments and robots to lab information systems.
• Develop instrument drivers that automate lab workflows by generating command sequences and invoking vendor API/SDK methods.
• Collaborate with AI and data scientists to integrate the autonomous lab with AI models.

Required qualifications

• BS in EE/CS/ME/Controls or equivalent
• 5+ years in lab automation, integration, or industrial automation software
• Hands-on experience with robotic lab automation systems
• Strong experience with scripting/programming
• Familiarity with APIs, databases, and enterprise software integration
• Hands-on experience with information management and execution systems, such as LIMS or MES

Nice to have

• Python preferred
• Experience with containers, CI/CD, and Git-based workflows
• Background in lab informatics or scientific data management

Before you apply

• We sponsor visas.

About the company

periodic-labs is an AI and physical sciences company building state-of-the-art models to accelerate breakthroughs across materials, energy, and beyond.