Software Engineer – Instruments

🕒 June 5

🏢🏡 Boston – Hybrid

💵 $130k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Automata

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

🧬 Biotechnology

🔧 Hardware

🔬 Science

Biotechnology • Hardware • Science

Automata is a company building integrated lab automation for the life sciences, developing LINQ — a fully automated lab bench that replaces and connects specialized benchtop instruments to accelerate scientific workflows. They combine hardware and software to deliver open, integrated automation for research and biotech customers, with offices in Cambridge (UK) and Boston (US) and growing commercial and field teams.

📋 Description

• Designing and writing code of software systems as required by the product function • Supporting users of the software systems with any issues they encounter • Writing test scenarios and carries out testing of integrated systems that include software • Reviewing the code of peers to ensure software engineering best practices are followed • Delivering of our instrument drivers to our customers • Owning of entire pieces of work and deliver them by providing reliable problem-solving, identifying and proposing resolutions to critical issues • Suggests alternative solutions to customer problems based on available information

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with driver development, preferably in the biotech industry. • Experience with integrated systems or embedded systems • Highly collaborative approach to developing software • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ideal skills; Python, Protobuf, REST APIs, gRPC, TCP/IP, serial interface • Experience in start-up environments • Located in greater Boston (US HQ) • Willingness to travel as-needed for customer projects and complex troubleshooting.

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare 🩺 Competitive healthcare for you and your family • 401k 💰 We offer a 401(k) retirement savings plan • Well-being budget ☀️ Invest in your own well-being, personal growth, and hobbies • Holiday 🏖 30 days + 10 federal holidays • Additional leave days ☺️ Time off for dependents, 'Me days', birthdays and volunteering days off • Birthday trees 🌳 Planting a tree for every employee on their birthday, every year • Paid sick leave 🏥 10 days paid sick leave to stay home and focus on rest and recovery • Mental health support 🧠 Access the therapy for you and your family through Spill • Career progression frameworks 💫 Each department & discipline has a progression framework