Senior Robotics Engineer — Lab Automation & Systems

Moderna; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Well-being programs

Generous PTO

On-site facilities

Job summary

Moderna is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to lead robotics and automation platforms that enable scalable, high-throughput research workflows. You will contribute to design, integration, and validation of robotic systems, controls, and orchestration software while advising cross-functional teams.

You will mentor engineers, translate scientific needs into system specs, and advance platform architecture across robotics, sensing, and data systems.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in robotics, automation, or a related field.
• 2+ years in robotics or automation experience.
• Proficient in Python or C# for automation.
• Ability to translate lab workflows into scalable automated systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership for robotics and automation projects.
• Contribute to system architecture across robotics, motion control, instrument control, scheduling, data flow, safety, and orchestration layers.
• Translate scientific and operational needs into system specifications, requirements, integration plans, risk assessments, and verification strategies.
• Design and develop automation software, electronic controls, and workflows that integrate robotics, instruments, sensors, and data systems.
• Lead or co-lead integration of robotic platforms, new instruments, technologies, and automation modules into extensible platform architectures.
• Identify and help manage technical risks, dependencies, and complexity while improving throughput, flexibility, reliability, reproducibility, and process efficiency.
• Serve as a technical expert and advisor for robotics, automation, controls, and systems integration within Research and partner scientific teams.
• Partner with Research, Delivery Science, Digital, Engineering, and scientific stakeholders to align platform capabilities with experimental goals, data needs, and evolving research priorities.
• Apply automation best practices, external technology awareness, and emerging robotics capabilities to improve experimental workflows, research productivity, and the platform roadmap.
• Communicate advanced technical concepts clearly, build consensus, and influence stakeholders to adopt effective technical approaches.
• Mentor engineers and scientists and contribute to standards and best practices in robotics engineering, automation software, controls, verification, and validation.

Skills

Robotics

Automation

Systems engineering

Python

C#

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Moderna is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to lead robotics and automation platforms that enable scalable, high-throughput research workflows. You will contribute to design, integration, and validation of robotic systems, controls, and orchestration software while advising cross-functional teams.

You will mentor engineers, translate scientific needs into system specs, and advance platform architecture across robotics, sensing, and data systems.