Autonomous Biotech Systems Integration Engineer

Pilgrim; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim in Redwood City is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist to translate biological methods into automated ARGUS workflows, adapting sample prep, reagent handling, qPCR and sequencing prep to the system.

You will troubleshoot failures across biology, fluidics and controls, and work with scientists and engineers to turn scientific advances into integrated systems that perform reliably in real-world settings.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in a related field is a plus, not required.
• Experience adapting laboratory protocols to automated instruments.
• Ability to troubleshoot biological workflows and instrumentation using assay results, sensor readings, instrument logs, and bench measurements.
• Experience designing comparisons between bench and instrument performance, selecting controls, and setting measurable acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Adapt sample preparation, reagent handling, qPCR, and sequencing preparation methods to automated workflows on ARGUS.
• Define operating requirements for those workflows, including sample and reagent volumes, timing, temperature, and contamination control.
• Establish bench baselines and compare automated performance using recovery, inhibition, sequencing quality, and processing time.
• Design and run integration tests from individual fluidic and instrument subsystems through complete sample-to-result workflows.
• Isolate failures across biology, fluidics, sensing, controls, and instrument software; verify causes and fixes experimentally.
• Test workflow repeatability across operating conditions and verify performance after changes to hardware, software, reagents, or protocols.
• Maintain test plans, run records, protocol versions, and instrument configurations so failures can be reproduced and fixes tracked.

Skills

Bioengineering background

Molecular biology

Problem solving

Laboratory automation

Education

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Automated instruments

Liquid handlers

qPCR/sequencing prep

Job description

Pilgrim in Redwood City is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist to translate biological methods into automated ARGUS workflows, adapting sample prep, reagent handling, qPCR and sequencing prep to the system.

You will troubleshoot failures across biology, fluidics and controls, and work with scientists and engineers to turn scientific advances into integrated systems that perform reliably in real-world settings.