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Develop and optimize high-throughput automated protocols to translate biological workflows into integrated workcells. Collaborate with scientific and IT teams to ensure reliable data generation, system integration, and continuous workflow improvement.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant engineering or scientific field with early-career experience in laboratory automation. Proficiency in Python or C# and hands-on experience with robotic liquid-handling systems are essential.
Full job description
What if you could join a rapidly growing company and play a critical role in bringing new medicines to patients by helping scale the programmable infrastructure behind a new human cellular biology platform?
About Vesalius
Vesalius Therapeutics is pioneering a new platform to generate breakthrough treatments for common diseases. Our platform combines large-scale human genetics, genomics, stem cell studies, high-dimensional cellular phenotyping, and artificial intelligence to uncover causal biology and identify optimal intervention points for new therapies. Vesalius was founded in 2019 by Flagship Pioneering.
Role Overview
Vesalius is seeking a highly motivated Automation Engineer to help scale our automated biology platform. This early-career role sits at the intersection of biology, robotics, software, and data systems, with a focus on programming, data handling, systems integration, and workflow automation. You will partner with scientists, automation operators, IT, and data science teams to translate biological workflows into robust automated workcells and ensure experiments generate reliable, traceable, analysis-ready data. This role goes beyond operating instruments—it is focused on making automation programmable, integrated, scalable, and reliable.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and optimize high-throughput automated protocols that translate biological workflows from the bench to integrated workcells.
Partner with scientific teams to design automation solutions that balance biological fidelity, throughput, cost, reliability, and lead time.
Collaborate with scientists and automation operators on workflow execution, troubleshooting, training, and continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain automation scripts, scheduling workflows, error handling, monitoring, and instrument-control methods using tools such as Python, C#, JSON, platform APIs, and vendor-specific languages.
Validate automated workflows against benchtop methods, assessing precision, accuracy, reproducibility, and data quality.
Build integrations between automation platforms, instruments, LIMS/ELN, imaging systems, databases, and downstream data pipelines, including structured metadata capture and data handoff.
Integrate and troubleshoot new instruments and workcell components, including instrument interfaces or drivers where needed.
Apply sound software engineering practices including version control, testing, debugging, modular design, and documentation.
Program liquid-handling and robotic workflows across platforms such as Hamilton STAR, Dynamic Devices Lynx, HighRes Biosolutions/Cellario, and similar systems.
Develop barcode to workflow mapping to enable batch and sample tracking.
Create and maintain SOPs, method documentation, validation reports, troubleshooting guides, and other technical documentation.
Qualifications
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, bioengineering, automation, robotics, biomedical engineering, computational biology, or related field.
Early career experience in laboratory automation, scientific software, robotics, biotech automation, or a related environment.
Experience with biological workflows such as mammalian cell culture, cell-based assays, high-content imaging, high-throughput screening, NGS, or iPSC systems is strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience with automated liquid handlers, robotic systems, integrated workcells, laboratory scheduling software, or instrument-control methods.
Experience developing and troubleshooting automated biological workflows, liquid-handling methods, instrument workflows, software tools, or systems integrations.
Ability to troubleshoot across software, hardware, liquid handling, instrument communication, data, and sample-tracking workflows.
Programming experience in Python and/or C#, or comparable languages, with familiarity with Git/version control, testing, debugging, and code documentation.
Strong communication and documentation skills with the ability to work effectively across scientific, automation, IT, and data teams.
Preferred Experience
Exposure to cloud infrastructure such as AWS, event-driven integrations, or data pipelines supporting automated laboratory environments.
Experience with Hamilton STAR, Dynamic Devices Lynx, HighRes Biosolutions/Cellario, Beckman Biomek, Tecan, Biosero, Celltrio, Ginkgo Automation RAC systems, or similar platforms.
Experience with platform APIs, instrument drivers, SQL/databases, LIMS/ELN, automated metadata capture, or laboratory scheduling software.
Experience building tools for sample tracking, run monitoring, QC reporting, workflow validation, or automated data handoff.
At Flagship, we accept impossible missions to enable bigger leaps. Our core values guide us through uncertainty and toward lasting impact.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We recognize that great candidates often bring unique strengths without fulfilling every qualification. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your background and interest in Flagship.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
The salary range for this role is $108,000 - $170,700. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Vesalius Therapeutics currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Vesalius Therapeutics's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
Privacy Notice for Applicants: When you apply for a role at Flagship Pioneering or one of its portfolio companies, we collect and use personal information you provide (such as your name, contact details, work history, and application materials) to evaluate your application, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations. Your application data is processed through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system, and may also be reviewed using AI-assisted screening tools. We do not sell your personal information. California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA including to know, delete, and opt out of the sharing of their personal information. If you are located in the EU or UK, we process your data under GDPR and you have rights to access, rectify, and erase your data. To exercise your rights or for questions, contact [email protected].
We are a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world.
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2000
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA
LinkedIn followers
159,637
Total funding
$9.1B
Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple transformative human health and sustainability products. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures.
The current Flagship ecosystem comprises over 40 companies, including Denali Therapeutics, Foghorn Therapeutics, Generate:Biomedicines, Inari, Indigo Agriculture, and Tessera Therapeutics.
Offices: 55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 800E, Cambridge, MA 02142, US
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