Automation Applications Engineer

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Locations

Dorchester, Boston, MA, USA

Experience Level

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Requirements

MS or PhD in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering or related fields, or equivalent years of experience
Practical experience with Biological laboratory operations and workflows
Strong communication skills and ability to cross collaborate with diverse scientific teams
Strong presentation, training and documentation skills
Made use of at least one major programming language, e.g. Python, C#, C/C++, or Java (including best practices for developing and maintaining the code base)

Responsibilities

Coordinate with Automation, software and scientific teams to design, deploy and validate new capabilities and lab automation solutions
Coordinate communications with Ginkgo Automation stakeholders, partners and vendors
Coordinate with stakeholder teams to perform design reviews and make decisions
Set and manage project milestones
Work with scientists to translate biological protocols into Ginkgo's custom intent software languages
Develop automated experimental workflows for genetic engineering processes, strain cultivation, sample preparation, and multi-omics analysis
Write software for custom Ginkgo Foundry operations portal services including protocol definition and data processing services
Work with software engineers to address user feature requests
Provide technical support to scientific teams
Perform technical assessments on new tools and technologies and present to engineering and scientific teams

Desired Qualifications

Experience working with scientists or relevant field customers and providing engineering solutions to solve Bioengineering challenges
Experience with laboratory automation systems and automated workflow design
Practical experience with high-throughput biological processes
Experience with workflow automation software and schedulers
Experience with performing technical assessment of state-of-the-art technologies
Experience working with coding standards, best software practices, version control and code review, unit testing
Professional project management experience
Experience with “design of experiment” (DoE)
Ability to multitask and work on multiple projects at the same time

Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.

We’re looking for talented engineers who are excited by the challenges of scaling and improving our foundry. Because it touches nearly every part of the foundry, the Automation Team is integral to Ginkgo’s vision for the future. The Automation Team is creating integrated robotic workcells, designing processes and building software platforms to operate walk-up robotic systems, improving how data is handled, working with scientists on scaling their processes, and much more.

All the work we do is in service of increasing Ginkgo’s capacity in terms of the number of strains engineered and the diversity of species and products we can handle. It’s an enormous challenge and we need people who are eager to get started. You’ll be working hand in hand with biologists, software developers, and other engineers to co-develop the wetware, hardware, and software infrastructure that underpin the foundry.

To learn more about automation engineering at Ginkgo, take a look at this blog post: Day in the Life: Kristen.

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Responsibilities

Coordinate with Automation, software and scientific teams to design, deploy and validate new capabilities and lab automation solutions
Coordinate communications with Ginkgo Automation stakeholders, partners and vendors
Coordinate with stakeholder teams to perform design reviews and make decisions
Set and manage project milestones
Work with scientists to translate biological protocols into Ginkgo’s custom intent software languages
Develop automated experimental workflows for genetic engineering processes, strain cultivation, sample preparation, and multi-omics analysis
Write software for custom Ginkgo Foundry operations portal services including protocol definition and data processing services
Work with software engineers to address user feature requests
Provide technical support to scientific teams
Perform technical assessments on new tools and technologies and present to engineering and scientific teams

Required Experience and Capabilities

MS or PhD in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering or related fields, or equivalent years of experience
Practical experience with Biological laboratory operations and workflows
Strong communication skills and ability to cross collaborate with diverse scientific teams
Strong presentation, training and documentation skills
Made use of at least one major programming language, e.g. Python, C#, C/C++, or Java (including best practices for developing and maintaining the code base)

Preferred Experience and Capabilities

Experience working with scientists or relevant field customers and providing engineering solutions to solve Bioengineering challenges
Experience with laboratory automation systems and automated workflow design
Practical experience with high-throughput biological processes
Experience with workflow automation software and schedulers
Experience with performing technical assessment of state-of-the-art technologies
Experience working with coding standards, best software practices, version control and code review, unit testing
Professional project management experience
Experience with “design of experiment” (DoE)
Ability to multitask and work on multiple projects at the same time

To learn more about Ginkgo, visit www.ginkgobioworks.com/press/ or check out some curated press below:

What is it really like to take your company public via a SPAC? One Boston biotech shares its journey (Fortune)

Ginkgo Bioworks resizes the definition of going big in biotech, raising $2.5B in a record SPAC deal that weighs in with a whopping $15B-plus valuation (Endpoints News)

Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on scaling up Covid-19 testing: ‘If we try, we can win’ (CNBC)

Ginkgo raises $70 million to ramp up COVID-19 testing for employers, universities (Boston Globe)

Ginkgo Bioworks Redirects Its Biotech Platform to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)

Ginkgo Bioworks Provides Support on Process Optimization to Moderna for COVID-19 Response (PRNewswire)

The Life Factory: Synthetic Organisms From This $1.4 Billion Startup Will Revolutionize Manufacturing (Forbes)

Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $290 Million in New Funding (Bloomberg)

Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinouts (Reuters)

Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs? (The Atlantic)

We also feel that it’s important to point out the obvious here – there’s a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.

We’re developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can – and will – impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it’s something we’ll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it’s critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology.

It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants.

501-1,000 employees

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Biological engineering products developer

Company Overview

Ginkgo Bioworks’ mission is to make biology easier to engineer. The company designs custom microorganisms for customers across multiple industries.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off
Comprehensive health and parental leave benefits
Flexible work options
Commuter benefits
State-of-the-art labs, work spaces, and conference rooms
Competitive 401K contribution

Company Core Values

Fostering a diverse & inclusive environment
Promoting individual growth & career development
Encouraging creativity & innovation
Celebrating passion & drive
Keeping Ginkgo weird
Caring how our platform is used