Senior Automation Engineer

3 days ago

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Flagship Ventures Full time
Company Overview
Flagship Ventures is a pioneering technology company that applies artificial intelligence to transform the scientific method. We are a privately held, early-stage company backed by Flagship Pioneering, which brings the courage, long-term vision, and resources needed to realize unreasonable results.

The Role
We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Automation Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will focus on integrating advanced automation solutions within lab environments, enhancing data workflows, and optimizing operational efficiency. You will collaborate closely with both the Data & Compute Platform and ML/AI teams to build and refine a digital twin of the lab environment, ensuring seamless integration of lab instrumentation, environmental data, and automation tools.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Integrate automation systems with lab platforms, focusing on EMS, LIMS, and MES tools to streamline data flow.
  • Design and develop solutions for data capture, event listeners, and driver development across life and physical sciences.
  • Lead the development and refinement of a digital twin of the lab environment, modeling robotics, instrumentation, and environmental data for operational optimization.
  • Collaborate closely with both the ML/AI teams and the Data & Compute Platform team to ensure effective ingestion, transformation, and utilization of data from various lab sources.
  • Work with the Data & Compute Platform team to implement CI/CD pipelines and optimize the deployment strategy for lab automation solutions.
  • Maintain and enforce the chain of custody across data workflows to ensure security and traceability in automated processes.
  • Optimize automation processes to ensure continuous and efficient lab operations, minimizing downtime.
  • Explore and integrate VR tools to enhance lab automation and cross-functional collaboration.
Qualifications:
  • Proven experience in automation software engineering within life and physical sciences.
  • Expertise in integrating diverse systems and tracking/managing data sources across lab environments.
  • Strong programming skills and proficiency in tools related to automation and lab data management.
  • Experience in building and refining digital twins, with the ability to model complex lab environments, instrumentation, and robotics.
  • In-depth knowledge of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), with experience in integrating these tools into broader platforms.
  • Experience collaborating closely with ML/AI teams to enhance data processing capabilities in an automated lab environment.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD practices and deployment strategies in a lab automation context.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to work independently in dynamic environments.
  • Willingness to travel for work assignments as needed.
About Flagship Ventures
Flagship Ventures is a platform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity's most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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