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Automation Engineer II

BigHat Biosciences16 open roles

Pay
$150,000 – $165,000 a year
Where
San Mateo, CA
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On site
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The role: BigHat Biosciences is seeking a hands-on Automation Engineer to build, support, and sustain the automated workflows that power our high-throughput antibody production and characterization platform. We are looking for someone motivated by more than the engineering itself: they want their work to help bring cures to patients faster by leveraging an automated, ML-driven antibody engineering platform.

This position reports directly to Keltoum Boukra and works in close collaboration with the Lab Automation team, alongside scientific, production, and software partners across the platform.

*At BigHat we believe in titles that commensurate with skill set, relative organizational impact, and value contribution; more experienced candidates are encouraged to apply, with the understanding that

responsibilities and title would adjust as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own automation projects end-to-end: lead the design, build, validation and deployment of new automated workflows, from requirements through production release, taking technical ownership of the result.
  • Partner with scientific and production teams to scope projects, translate assay needs into robust automated workflows, and onboard them into routine use.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot instruments and automated methods, and support lab users to keep the platform running and operators unblocked.
  • Document automation procedures and SOPs, support knowledge transfer, and contribute to the growth of the automation team's know-how.
  • Collaborate with software engineering teams on end-to-end integrated workflows leveraging BigHat's software stack.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

  • 3+ years of relevant lab automation or liquid-handling industry experience.
  • Hands-on experience in liquid-handler method development (e.g. Hamilton Venus, Tecan FluentControl, Beckman Biomek, Agilent VWorks, Analytik Jena Composer, or similar), with Hamilton STAR or Vantage strongly preferred.
  • Hands-on experience troubleshooting and maintaining liquid handlers, and supporting automation users in the lab.
  • Experience partnering with scientific and production teams to scope, build, and onboard automated workflows.
  • Working knowledge of experimental design, process documentation, and data analysis.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to work across diverse teams (protein scientists, research associates, data scientists, software engineers).
  • A genuine drive to contribute, and the curiosity to keep learning and take on unfamiliar problems, adding to the team through fresh problem solving, complementary expertise, or new tools and practices.
  • Experience automating high-throughput protein production and characterization workflows, a strong plus though not required.
  • Comfort working in a fluid, dynamic start-up environment.
  • Willingness to work onsite, as the role is hands-on with instruments and in-lab support, so physical presence is required.

Total Rewards

The salary estimated for this position is $150,000 - $165,000 + bonus + options + benefits. Compensation will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Actual compensation will be confirmed in writing at the time of the offer.

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