Biotech Lab Automation Engineer - Python & Robotics

Plasmidsaurus; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Plasmidsaurus is seeking a lab automation software engineer in San Francisco to help scale our fleet of robotic lab systems and data pipelines. You will build tools that connect R&D with automation, enabling scientists to run high-throughput experiments and generate reliable results with our LIMS integration.

You will work closely with scientists and technicians to deliver production-grade Python software, deploy across devices, and advance automation workflows in a fast-growing biotech

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Biology, or relevant work experience
• 3+ years of Python programming
• 3+ years writing web apps with Flask or Django
• 1+ year lab experience with molecular biology protocols
• 1+ year automating lab procedures with liquid handling systems (OpenTrons, Hamilton)
• Experience with orchestration and deploying software to multiple devices (Docker, Ansible)
• Experience with cloud platforms and IaC (AWS, Terraform)
• Experience building QA/telemetry/monitoring for fleets of hardware
• Experience with Linux servers
• Experience with OpenCV
• (Preferred) 3D printing/CAD (Fusion 360)
• (Preferred) C#/.NET for scripting automation
• (Preferred) DNA sequence analysis interest

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate and instrument our fleet of lab robotics
• Create tools bridging R&D and lab automation
• Write production-quality Python code to integrate hardware with LIMS and data pipelines
• Collaborate with scientists to develop high-throughput workflows
• Build world-class lab automation at a leading biotech company

Skills

Python programming

Lab automation

OpenCV basics

Linux command line

Cloud platforms

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Robotics/Biology

Tools

Docker

Ansible

AWS

Terraform

OpenTrons

Hamilton

Job description

Plasmidsaurus is seeking a lab automation software engineer in San Francisco to help scale our fleet of robotic lab systems and data pipelines. You will build tools that connect R&D with automation, enabling scientists to run high-throughput experiments and generate reliable results with our LIMS integration.

You will work closely with scientists and technicians to deliver production-grade Python software, deploy across devices, and advance automation workflows in a fast-growing biotech