Retro

Member of Automation Team - Biological Workflow Operations

Redwood City, CA

Sponsorship not specified$100k-$125kDetected 29 days ago

RESTLLMsCell CultureLab ResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

This is a hands-on role for someone with wet lab experience who likes making complex lab processes work reliably in the real world.
The ultimate goal is successful science.

Perform manual cell culture and biological workflow steps that support automation development, troubleshooting, benchmarking, and validation.
Draft SOPs and build out our SOP library.
Document run setup, protocol details, deviations, errors, observations, and outcomes in structured formats.
Maintain automation-related supplies, consumables, and labware inventory.
Perform routine maintenance, QC, and readiness checks on relevant devices.
You are a team-first person who takes ownership, communicates clearly, creates accountability, and cares more about successful science and proactive problem solving than rigid job boundaries.
Comfort performing manual biological workflows such as media changes, reagent preparation, plate handling, sampling, passaging support, or assay setup.

You are a wet-lab fluent, hands-on operator who takes pride in making complex lab work run smoothly.
You are detail-oriented, organized, and able to balance speed with precision without letting quality slip.
You have experience at the bench and/or in biology-heavy R&D environments, and you understand how small differences in setup, timing, documentation, or execution can affect scientific outcomes.
You are frustrated by avoidable inefficiency and motivated to improve how work gets done.
You are excited to use practical tools - including checklists, templates, structured run logs, lightweight scripts, and AI tools - to make workflows clearer, more consistent, and easier to troubleshoot.
We focus on cellular reprogramming and autophagy to rejuvenate cell and tissue function with the ultimate aim of adding 10 years to healthy human lifespan.

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