Production Automation Lead

SCALIS; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dash is seeking a Production Automation Lead to bridge complex laboratory workflows with robust engineering. You will oversee daily production on automated liquid handling platforms, ensure high-quality outputs, and support technicians in real-time to resolve hardware and software bottlenecks.

The role focuses on driving continuous industrialization and scalable production processes, enabling faster, more reliable drug development in a challenging biotechnological environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production automation within biotech or similar lab environments.
• Ability to translate complex lab workflows into robust automated processes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for hardware and software bottlenecks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production workflows to ensure high-quality liquid handling.
• Assist technicians on the floor to diagnose and resolve hardware/software issues in real time.
• Drive continuous industrialization and process improvements for scalable production.

Skills

Automation expertise

Production oversight

Troubleshooting

Lab workflows

Tools

Liquid handling platforms

Automation hardware

Automation software debugging

Job description

Dash accelerates drug development. By fusing advanced automation-native lab workflows and integrated software into a unified platform, we provide the biopharma industry with the high-velocity, high-quality, data-driven development solutions required to get life-saving therapies to patients faster. Dash seeks to continuously improve industry KPIs and materially reduce the time and cost to bring a drug to market.

Company Summary:

We are building the infrastructure for modern drug development. We are moving beyond the manual, fragmented processes of traditional service providers by taking a technology-first approach to bioanalysis. Our platform is tech-enabled, automated, and GLP-compliant with the goal to industrialize the scientific workflows that act as bottlenecks in the industry. We deliver next-generation preclinical and clinical bioanalysis results with unprecedented speed and precision.

We are a team of builders operating at the intersection of biology, hardware, and code. This is an environment for scientists and engineers who are tired of the status quo and are ready to apply their skills to solve hard problems at scale. We don't just run assays, we architect the systems that will define the future of drug development.

We are a place where employees are stretched to do the best work of their career. We are looking for engineers, scientists, and biotechnicians who want to make an impact on the world and leverage their skills in an innovative way.

About the job

We are seeking a well-versed and detail-oriented Production Automation Lead to provide automation expertise and oversee the day-to-day production side of our automated liquid handling platforms. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex laboratory workflows and robust engineering. You will champion process improvements to help transition our lab into a highly industrialized, scaled production environment and address hardware/software troubleshooting in real-time to support lab technicians and scientists operating on Dash platform.
Key Responsibilities

• Production Oversight: Oversee and improve the high execution quality of the daily production workflows, ensuring client samples are processed efficiently and meet Dash's exceptional liquid handling quality standards.
• On-the-Floor Troubleshooting: Assist lab technicians in real-time to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and software bottlenecks as they arise on our automated systems.
• Continuous Industrialization: