Lab Automation Software Engineer

The role

You will orchestrate a fleet of lab robotics and create agentic tools to bridge RnD and lab automation. You will write production-quality python code to integrate physical hardware with a custom LIMS and data pipeline.

What you will do

• Orchestrate and instrument a growing fleet of lab robotics.
• Create agentic tools that bridge RnD and lab automation.
• Write production-quality python code to integrate physical hardware with custom LIMS and data pipeline.
• Collaborate with scientists and technicians to develop high throughput sample processing workflows.
• Build lab automation.

Required qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Biology, or relevant work experience
• 3+ years of experience programming in Python
• 3+ years of experience using modern web frameworks like Flask/Django
• 1 + yrs lab experience and familiarity with molecular biology protocols
• 1+ years of experience automating, optimizing and scaling lab procedures using liquid handling systems (OpenTrons, Hamilton, etc.) and lab robotics
• Experience with orchestration and deploying software to multiple devices in the field (e.g. Docker, Ansible)
• Experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. AWS, Terraform)
• Experience with building & maintaining QA, telemetry, and monitoring systems for a fleet of physical hardware
• Experience working with Linux servers
• Experience with simple computer vision (e.g. OpenCV)

Nice to have

• Experience with 3D printing (e.g. Fusion 360) and basic CAD modeling
• Some experience with C# and .NET frameworks for scripting automation equipment
• Interest in learning about biotechnology and DNA sequence analysis

About the company

Plasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists. They provide sequencing services and are expanding across all of genomics.