Senior Automation Engineer (Sr. Engineer II)

The role

This person will design, build, and integrate custom instrument capabilities into the wet lab platform. They will manage a team of automation engineers and lead automation efforts for DNA production, protein production, cell culture, and screening assays.

What you will do

• Design, build, and integrate custom instrument capabilities into the wet lab platform.
• Own automation and instrumentation problems from method design through troubleshooting and documentation.
• Drive reliability and method development for DNA/protein production and assay workflows.
• Partner with scientists to provide in-lab support and identify new automation capabilities.
• Identify and prioritize lab automation projects across the team.
• Manage a team of automation engineers in day-to-day activities and long-term projects.

Required qualifications

• BS with 7+ years industry experience in lab automation and analytical & process instrumentation development, MS with 5+ years industry experience, or PhD in engineering, computer science, physics, che
• Proven track record of leadership within a wet lab and within an engineering team via project management and direct reports.
• Experience with liquid handlers and integrated workcells including Biomek, Tecan, Lynx, Hamilton, Opentrons, HighRes, Retisoft, and/or similar systems.
• Experience owning workflows end-to-end from method design through debugging and operational support.
• Experience developing and/or deploying wet lab-facing agentic applications, e.g. closed-loop experimental systems.
• Experience building, integrating, or supporting custom instrumentation, fluidic systems, and/or microfluidic devices in an R&D environment.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting DNA production, protein production, protein purification, cell culture, functional & binding assays, and/or related molecular biology workflows at scale.
• Significant experience with HighRes, Retisoft, and/or other advanced scheduling and orchestration systems and integrated hardware environments.
• Experience supporting platform transfer, vendor coordination, user training, or expansion of methods across multiple instruments and lab locations.
• Experience working in a highly collaborative, matrixed research environment.

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Equity compensation
• Competitive benefits package

About the company

Generate:Biomedicines is a clinical-stage generative biology company pioneering the AI revolution in drug design and development. They integrate machine learning with large-scale experimentation to design proteins with defined biological intent.