Automation Engineer, Materials Research Science
Location
Redmond, WA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
$184,000 - $257,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-06-09
Responsibilities
- Define the technical roadmap for laboratory automation systems.
- Architect and own the automation infrastructure for materials characterization workflows.
- Collaborate with scientists and engineers to translate lab workflows into automation solutions.
- Design and commission automated workcells for materials R&D.
- Develop middleware services connecting instruments and laboratory systems.
- Collaborate with AI and data scientists for lab integration with multi-agent systems.
- Evaluate and benchmark automation performance.
Job Requirements
- Ph.D. in relevant fields and/or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years in lab automation or industrial automation software.
- Proficiency in Python for automation and integration.
- Hands-on experience with lab automation platforms.
- Ability to translate scientific workflows into automated processes.
- Experience architecting automation platforms for materials research.
- Familiarity with statistical analysis for high-throughput datasets.
