Field Robotics Automation Engineer

engineeringjobs.net, Inc.; New Jersey; Remote; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

HighRes seeks a Robotic Automation Engineer I to join our Automation Engineering team, based in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. You will own deployments end to end: robots, instruments, and CellarioScheduler brought together into a system a lab will run its science on, and signed off with your name on it.

You will work independently on standard systems and with senior engineers on complex ones, traveling to Beverly for training, build support, and collaboration with the wider team across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of automation experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying laboratory automation or robotics systems.
• Experience with laboratory automation scheduling software such as CellarioScheduler, Green Button Go (Biosero), Momentum (Thermo Fisher), Overlord (PAA), or equivalent.
• Proficiency in code interpretation with a strong foundation in software principles and object‑oriented programming (C# or similar).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end deployments of robots, instruments, and CellarioScheduler.
• Troubleshoot integration between scheduler, robots, and instruments.
• Verify deliverables meet acceptance criteria and perform FAT/SAT testing.
• Document deployed system configurations and issues.

Skills

Laboratory automation

Field deployment

C# / OO programming

Troubleshooting hardware/software

Communication skills

Travel capability

Driver's license & passport

Lab instrumentation experience

SQL basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

CellarioScheduler

Green Button Go

Momentum

Overlord

Job description

HighRes seeks a Robotic Automation Engineer I to join our Automation Engineering team, based in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. You will own deployments end to end: robots, instruments, and CellarioScheduler brought together into a system a lab will run its science on, and signed off with your name on it.

You will work independently on standard systems and with senior engineers on complex ones, traveling to Beverly for training, build support, and collaboration with the wider team across the region.