Automation Engineer

Company Overview

Outer Biosciences' mission is to improve human skin health by discovering and developing novel bioactives that are more effective and safer than anything available today. Founded by a scientific team with deep experience in engineering advanced organ systems, our fully-integrated technology platform combines complex, long-lasting, clinically-relevant ex vivo skin models with multimodal data analysis and predictive machine learning. Brief company overview here.

Role Overview

Outer Biosciences is seeking an Automation Engineer to be a key contributor to building data generation pipelines around our biological skin models. This includes data acquisition pipelines for automated plate readers, imagers, and qPCR, as well as incorporating liquid handling robotics for upstream processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing data acquisition scripts on automated plate readers, plate imagers, and qPCR equipment.
• Work with data science and engineering teams to integrate lab automation workflows with LIMS
• Collaborate with scientists to develop automated image analysis scripts
• Identify workflows for liquid handling automation, work with lab team to incorporate solutions and validate procedures
• Identify, design, and build custom jigging and other hardware to assist in streamlining lab tasks and automation process
  
  

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar engineering discipline
• 2-5 years post graduate experience preferably in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• Hands-on experience with lab automation equipment (i.e. Hamilton, Tecan, Agilent, etc.)
• Proficiency in automation scripting
• Experience integrating lab automation workflows with LIMS
• Experience in mechanical design using CAD and prototyping with additive manufacturing
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across diverse teams and projects.
  
  

We are deeply committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in all its forms and practices. As a company we promote inclusion and desire to work with people from all walks of life. As we grow our team, we strive to be the change we want to see. If your experience is somewhat different from what we've described and you believe you can bring value and contribute in the role, we'd be honored to learn more about you.