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Automation Engineer

Periodic Labs· Science
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Menlo Park, CA$200k - $250kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Join an AI and physical sciences company building an autonomous lab to speed up materials discovery, turning scientific workflows into software and integrations to connect instruments, robots, and lab information systems.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with bench scientists to translate experiments and lab workflows into integration specs and data models.
  • Work with integrators to design and build automated workcells for materials R&D.
  • Build and maintain services that connect instruments and robots to lab information systems.
  • Develop instrument drivers that automate lab workflows by generating command sequences and invoking vendor API/SDK methods.
  • Collaborate with AI and data scientists to tightly integrate the autonomous lab with AI models for analysis and planning of experiments.

Qualifications

  • BS in EE/CS/ME/Controls or equivalent.
  • 5+ years in lab automation, integration, or industrial automation software.
  • Hands-on experience with robotic lab automation systems.
  • Strong experience with scripting/programming (Python preferred).
  • Familiarity with APIs, databases, and enterprise software integration.
  • Hands-on experience with information management and execution systems, such as LIMS or MES.

Skills

Required:BS in EE/CS/ME/Controls or equivalentLab automationRobotic lab automationPython (preferred)APIs, databases, enterprise software integrationLIMS or MES
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Periodic Labs

From bits to atoms.

Periodic Labs is an artificial intelligence research company pioneering the next leap in scientific discovery. We operate at the intersection of machine learning and scientific experimentation under the thesis that that true understanding of the universe is only possible by interacting and experimenting on it.

artificial intelligencescientific discoverymachine learningscientific experimentation
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