Generate Biomedicines
Automation Engineer III
Somerville, MA · Mid
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About the role
- Generate:Biomedicines is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Automation Engineer to join our team at the interface of lab automation, instrumentation, integrated workcells, custom hardware, and protein therapeutics discovery.
- This role will be central to sustaining and advancing Generate's wet lab platform, with particular emphasis on automated workflows spanning DNA production, protein production, cell culture, and screening & validation assays.
- BS + with 5+ years industry experience in lab automation and analytical & process instrumentation development, MS with 3+ years industry experience, or PhD in engineering, computer science, physics, chemistry, life sciences, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- This role is well-suited for someone who can execute at a high technical level while thinking end-to-end about building scalable support through training, documentation, and handoff practices that increase scientist independence.
- Drive reliability, troubleshooting, and method development for DNA/protein production and assay/readout workflows on integrated workcells, while improving throughput, parallelization, and data quality across platform and pipeline programs.
- Own critical automation and instrumentation problems end-to-end, from method design and system improvement through live troubleshooting on active runs, vendor coordination, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
- Experience owning workflows end-to-end, from method design and execution through debugging, documentation, and operational support.
Requirements
- Strong experience with liquid handlers and integrated workcells, including platforms such as Biomek, Tecan, Lynx, Hamilton, Opentrons, and/or similar systems.
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 working in a highly collaborative, matrixed research environment where automation, platform engineering, and discovery teams are tightly integrated.
- Who Will Love This Job
- You like working in the lab and helping scientists su
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