Founding Robotics & Automation Engineer
Axiom
Summary
Build the software and robotics that power the world's most advanced automated biology lab, generating massive amounts of high-quality experimental data to predict human outcomes with insane accuracy.
Job description
What you will do
- Build an extraordinarily automated, high-throughput biology lab from the ground up
- Develop software to control, orchestrate, and monitor laboratory instruments, robotics, and experimental workflows
- Integrate liquid handlers, robotic arms, incubators, imaging systems, sequencers, mass spectrometers, and other scientific instruments into end-to-end automated workflows
- Work closely with scientists to translate complex biological assays into reliable, scalable automated protocols
- Develop systems for experiment scheduling, execution, monitoring, error recovery, and quality control
- Build infrastructure to capture complete experimental records, including instrument commands, metadata, logs, timestamps, and raw data
- Optimize laboratory workflows for extreme throughput, reproducibility, data quality, and minimal human intervention
- Transfer and automate advanced biological assays across Axiom's global network of partner laboratories
We're especially interested in
- Python, software engineering, APIs, asynchronous programming, and distributed systems
- PyLabRobot, Hamilton VENUS, Tecan EVOware, Opentrons, SiLA 2, and laboratory instrument APIs
- Laboratory automation, robotics, motion control, industrial automation, and hardware integration
- Liquid handling, automated plate movement, incubators, robotic arms, and integrated workcells
- High-throughput screening, high-content imaging, cell culture, sequencing, and mass spectrometry workflows
- Experiment orchestration, scheduling, instrument communication, data capture, and observability
- Mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering for troubleshooting and integrating laboratory equipment
- Laboratory information management systems (LIMS), laboratory execution systems, and experimental data infrastructure
What we look for
- Exceptional coding ability and a strong foundation in software engineering
- Ability to bridge software, robotics, hardware, and biology to build complete automated experimental systems
- Obsession with reliability, reproducibility, data quality, and a hyper attention to detail
- A drive to push beyond conventional laboratory automation to develop radically better approaches to experimental science
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to understand and optimize complex end-to-end laboratory workflows
- Comfort working hands-on with unfamiliar instruments, debugging hardware, and solving difficult integration problems
- Ability to take ambitious projects from concept to fully operational systems with minimal oversight
- Obsessive technical curiosity for all things in robotics, software, biology, and drug discovery
- Strong ability to communicate and collaborate with scientists, engineers, and laboratory operators
Requirements
- Exceptional coding ability and a strong foundation in software engineering
- Python, APIs, asynchronous programming, and distributed systems
- Laboratory automation, robotics, motion control, and hardware integration
- PyLabRobot, Hamilton VENUS, Tecan EVOware, Opentrons, SiLA 2, and laboratory instrument APIs
- Liquid handling, automated plate movement, incubators, robotic arms, and integrated workcells
- High-throughput screening, high-content imaging, cell culture, sequencing, and mass spectrometry workflows
- Experiment orchestration, scheduling, instrument communication, data capture, and observability
- Mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering for troubleshooting and integrating laboratory equipment
- Laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and experimental data infrastructure
- Ability to bridge software, robotics, hardware, and biology
- Obsession with reliability, reproducibility, data quality, and attention to detail
- Strong systems thinking and ability to optimize complex end-to-end laboratory workflows
- Comfort working hands-on with unfamiliar instruments and debugging hardware
- Ability to take ambitious projects from concept to fully operational systems with minimal oversight
- Strong ability to communicate and collaborate with scientists, engineers, and laboratory operators
Company overview
Axiom is a leading global legal services company that provides innovative solutions to corporate legal departments and law firms. Founded in 2000, the company has revolutionized the legal industry by offering a flexible, technology-enabled approach to legal talent and services. Axiom operates as a hybrid model combining elements of traditional law firms, legal staffing agencies, and legal process outsourcing. The company specializes in providing experienced lawyers for secondments, managed services, and consulting engagements across various practice areas including corporate law, compliance, litigation, and intellectual property. With operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Axiom serves Fortune 500 companies and major corporations seeking cost-effective, flexible legal solutions. The company's innovative platform connects clients with highly qualified legal professionals while leveraging technology to streamline legal operations and improve efficiency. Axiom has been recognized as a disruptor in the legal industry, challenging traditional law firm models with its scalable, client-centric approach to legal services delivery.