Autonomous Lab Automation Platform Lead

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

South San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 169,000 - 314,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Genentech, a Roche subsidiary, seeks a technical leader for Lab Automation to own the physical execution platform architecture of the Autonomous Lab Accelerator. You will translate scientific workflows into scalable automation, integrate robotics and instruments, and partner with CS CoE on AI interfaces.

This role drives autonomous execution, operability, and reusable engineering standards. You will lead technical verification, mentor engineers, and collaborate across science, software, and ops

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, life sciences, or related discipline.
  • Significant experience in designing, integrating, and deploying laboratory automation platforms.
  • Strong Python and API-integration skills; experience connecting instruments to schedulers, databases, or LIMS/ELN.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end Physical Platform Architecture for the automated lab execution layer.
  • Translate scientific requirements into automatable unit operations and platform interfaces.
  • Lead selection, integration, and verification of robotics, instruments, and control layers.
  • Ensure unattended execution capabilities and operational handoff with Lab Operations.

Skills

Python programming
API integration
Lab automation
Robotics
Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, or life sciences

Tools

Hamilton
Tecan
Agilent
HighRes
Opentrons
Robotic arms
Schedulers

Job description

Genentech, a Roche subsidiary, seeks a technical leader for Lab Automation to own the physical execution platform architecture of the Autonomous Lab Accelerator. You will translate scientific workflows into scalable automation, integrate robotics and instruments, and partner with CS CoE on AI interfaces.

This role drives autonomous execution, operability, and reusable engineering standards. You will lead technical verification, mentor engineers, and collaborate across science, software, and ops

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