BiomeSense

At-home biosensor with AI microbiome analytics

Technical Operations Engineer

Design Engineering +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeChicago, IL, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a similar discipline is required.
A strong understanding of electromechanical devices and their interactions is required.
The candidate must be willing to perform hands-on work with life sciences technology.
The candidate must be able to troubleshoot technical issues.
The candidate should be organized, proactive, and independent, with attention to detail and communication skills.
The candidate should be ready to work in a startup environment and adapt to changing needs.

Responsibilities

Maintain and make day-to-day changes to GutLab units, including mechanical, electrical, and firmware work.
Keep units functional and deployment-ready, and improve supporting processes and tooling.
Prepare and release GutLab hardware for partnership deployments and support the Operations team's daily needs.
Log failures, investigate root causes, follow through on fixes, and keep quality metrics and tracking current.
Support next-generation hardware builds with senior engineers, from design through assembly.
Address mechanical design problems for novel hardware and iterate toward measurable performance gains.

Technical Operations Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL (in-person)
Compensation: $60K – $70K annual compensation (salary + bonus), up to 0.1% equity, benefits

About BiomeSense
BiomeSense is a life sciences startup applying gut microbiome technologies (GutLab, MetaBiome) to advance personalized medicine. We partner with UCSF, UCSD, NIH & the University of Chicago & are backed by LabCorp Ventures, Bluestein Ventures, Seerave Foundation & Emil Capital Partners.

Role Summary:
Operate the day-to-day upkeep of our pilot GutLab fleet. Partner with the Laboratory team to keep experiments running and carry each unit through its full return cycle – inspection, repair, updates, and redeployment. You'll also help build what comes next, supporting development and manufacturing as we ramp production of new hardware systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Hardware Support: Handle day-to-day maintenance and changes on GutLab units: mechanical, electrical, and firmware.
Sustaining Engineering: Keep units functional and deployment-ready and help improve the processes and tooling that support that.
Operations Coordination: Prepare and release GutLab hardware for upcoming partnership deployments and support the Operations team's day-to-day needs.
Quality Support: Work within our internal quality system: log failures, dig into root causes, and follow through on fixes. Help keep metrics and tracking current.
Engineering Development: Support next-generation hardware builds alongside our senior engineers, from design through assembly.
Mechanical Design of Novel Hardware: Take on mechanical design problems and iterate toward measurable performance gains.

Qualifications

Entry level position with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or similar discipline.
Strong understanding of electro-mechanical devices and related interactions.
Must enjoy hands-on work with cutting edge life sciences technology.
Strong ability and desire to troubleshoot technical issues and think outside the box.
Highly organized, proactive, and independent, with excellent attention to detail and communication skills.
Ready to thrive in a startup environment; versatile, adaptable, and eager to take on challenges no one has yet claimed.

About the Company

BiomeSense

At-home biosensor with AI microbiome analytics

BiomeSense offers a platform for gut microbiome analysis that combines an at-home biosensor for continuous monitoring with a cloud-based AI-powered analytics system. It enables longitudinal, low-cost data collection for clinical trials and consumer health, moving beyond single-time-point samples. The biosensor gathers microbiome-related data at home and transmits it to the cloud, where AI analyzes trends to generate insights. It differentiates itself by providing an integrated hardware-software solution for large-scale data collection, helping researchers and product developers accelerate precision medicine.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Seed
Total funding: $5.4M
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Founded: 2018

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