Senior Automation Engineer, Platform Biology
Metaphore BiotechnologiesDrug Discovery company
Cambridge, United States$108,000 - $170,700Senior
Flagship Pioneering
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Develop and scale automated biology platforms for drug discovery.
- •Join a rapidly growing company and play a critical role in bringing new medicines to patients by helping scale the programmable infrastructure behind a new human cellular biology platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Develop and optimize high-throughput automated protocols that translate biological workflows from the bench to integrated workcells.
- •Program liquid-handling and robotic workflows across platforms such as Hamilton STAR, Dynamic Devices Lynx, HighRes Biosolutions/Cellario, and similar systems.
- •Build integrations between automation platforms, instruments, LIMS/ELN, imaging systems, databases, and downstream data pipelines.
- •Apply sound software engineering practices including version control, testing, debugging, modular design, and documentation.
- •Create and maintain SOPs, method documentation, validation reports, troubleshooting guides, and other technical documentation.
- •Requirements Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, bioengineering, automation, robotics, biomedical engineering, computational biology, or related field.
- •Early career experience in laboratory automation, scientific software, robotics, biotech automation, or a related environment.
- •Programming experience in Python and/or C#, or comparable languages, with familiarity with Git/version control, testing, debugging, and code documentation.
- •Ability to troubleshoot across software, hardware, liquid handling, instrument communication, data, and sample-tracking workflows.
Required skills
PythonC#Git
Nice-to-have skills
AWSSQL
Domain expertise
biotechdeeptech
Benefits & perks
healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits
Tech stack
PythonC#Git